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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

And then people wonder why the Chinese have very high confidence in their government. Even if they only do this to the most brazen, that still builds an image of a government working for its people. It also sends the message that corruption has limits to the would-be corruptees.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's as much of confidence as it is fear. CCP is not really known for its transparency.

This guy got a public execution, average citizens might just disappear.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

There's public data independently gathered by western sources on this. Like this from Harvard. You could even see the numbers on corruption shift over time.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Would love to see more recent data but this is definitely interesting. Not surprised to see people hate the local chengguan

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

And then people wonder why the Chinese have very high confidence in their government.

Yeah, nothing to do with total government control of the media...

The CCP is rotten to the core. What we're seeing here is that someone was caught not playing the corruption game according to the CCP's rules.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't think you're allowed to have low confidence in the government there.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Its true, one time I was critical of a government policy, and President Xi immediately burst into the room and shot me, livestreaming it the whole time.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

you should have accepted less outrageous bribes.