us-china governmental exchanges

[Anonymous]

The conflict of interest cuts both ways...

[Anonymous]

It seems that corruption is everywhere. In China it is a disgrace to be expelled from the Communist Party. In the U.S., the corrupted individuals are judged and sentenced to jail for months and years. We find examples of corruption in city governments (e.g. Bell and South Gate) as well as in the White House (e.g. Richard Nixon).

[Anonymous]

I found the article to be a very interesting read, especially the Chinese Casual Fridays! Thanks for sharing I agree that corruption in government is inevitable. It is a trend that is commonly seen throughout my units in Medieval World History. In fact, the focus of my first unit is corruption and political conflict.

[clay dube]

Let's use this section of the website to identify and discuss government exchanges.

Joaquin Lim is a Cal Poly Pomona professor and served as an elected councilmember from the city of Walnut. In 2008, he went to the Chinese city of Dalian in NE China to talk with students there about local government in the US. Here's an LA Times article about it:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-walnut11jan11,0,3689714,full.story

Lim opened his class with a question about conflicts of interest. Corruption is a problem in governments the world over, but is especially acute in China. The Railways Minister was just stripped of his Communist Party membership and sacked from his position for taking bribes and steering contracts to favored companies. At various times in the past decade, leaders from Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen have all been jailed for corruption. CCP leaders realize its a big problem and that it does much to tarnish the image of the party.

[Anonymous]

Although individuals who join any governmental job might start off with good intentions they get caught up in the "corruptive" ways of government. Very few people who keep their ideals. Politics is not for the idealist.

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