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Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update)

September 26, 202558 min

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In this episode we first published in 2021, the political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption — and that the U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit. SOURCES:Yuen Yuen Ang, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. RESOURCES:"China’s Anti-Graft Show Is Educational, With Unintended Lessons," by Li Yuan (The New York Times, 2022).China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corrupt

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