{"id":17533,"date":"2012-10-22T00:20:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T05:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2012-10-22T00:20:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T05:20:52","slug":"lessons-from-chinese-corruption-versus-past-corruption-in-japan-us-and-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2012\/10\/lessons-from-chinese-corruption-versus-past-corruption-in-japan-us-and-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Chinese Corruption versus past corruption in Japan, US and South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In today\u2019s program by Fareed Zakaria, I saw something very interesting \u2013 discussion on corruption in China.\u00a0 China has been hit by corruption scandal involving a high ranking official Bo Xilai.<\/p>\n

Fareed\u2019s guest Evan Osnos \u2013 reporter for New Yorker based in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Evan Osnos<\/strong>: Last year, there was a report that went up from the Chinese Central Bank, just for a few hours, on\u00a0the Internet<\/a>\u00a0before it was taken down, which suggests that they never meant to release it. And what it said was that there was $180 billion U.S. dollars<\/strong> that had gone from the Chinese Treasury, from, essentially, public money, that had been taken overseas by corrupt officials. When that happened at the time, frankly, a lot of us thought:\u00a0This can\u2019t be right; the decimal place is off; something is off.<\/em><\/p>\n

What we\u2019re now starting to think is that, in fact, it\u2019s plausible, that if there are enough Bo Xilais in the system, enough people who have assembled these economic empires for themselves, that quantity of money begins to be plausible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the video:<\/p>\n

Why is it different with China?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, it was a remark after this that caught my attention the most.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t find the exact remark, but Fareed Zakaria said \u2013 and Evan Osnos agreed \u2013 that corruption in China is not the first time that such a thing has happened anywhere.\u00a0 US also in its history has gone through this stage, Japan also was highly corrupt before the World War II, even South Korea was in the same boat a few years back.\u00a0 But there was one major difference between those countries and China.\u00a0 They had democratic institutions which helped create movements and ways for the public to get rid of the bums looting their country.<\/p>\n

Hope for India?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, that made me think about India.\u00a0 Does India have a future as long as its democracy allows it to start and sustain strong movements against endemic and damning corruption?\u00a0 I think yes.\u00a0 Rise of Baba Ramdev, and then Anna Hazare, along with Kiran Bedi and now Arvind Kejriwal.\u00a0 This is a movement and people associated with it will not go away.\u00a0 They will sooner or later take the consciousness of the masses to a crescendo, that will not let these corrupt politicians live anymore.<\/p>\n

Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s greatest contribution has been to bring out the connivance of all the political parties with Congress.<\/p>\n

It is because the democratic institutions \u2013 specially the framework of checks and balances \u2013 are in place and work in some areas at least, the Government and the ministers of Dr. Manmohan Singh has been trying to subjugate these freedoms and structures with utmost alacrity!<\/p>\n

Whether you go out and participate in anti-corruption rallies or not, at the very least, be extra aware of the damage to the democratic institutions.\u00a0 Those need to be saved at all cost.\u00a0 Whatever can still be saved.<\/p>\n

In the ultimate analysis, that will be our only insurance!<\/p>\n

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