True Story: Once upon a time, back in the days while Hu Jintao was the President of China, one of the Shanghai tax bureaus conducted an audit of a foreign-owned company there. Targets are very popular in China; not only do companies set targets for their salespeople, government agencies also set them for their tax auditors. Frustratingly, the auditor could not identify any obvious misdeeds. So… he made one up. And set a fine of 100,000 RMB. The questionable nature of his justification was obvious, but in good Chinese tradition, the management of the targeted company decided not to rock the boat. They agreed to pay the fine. The “settlement” was then submitted to the head of the tax office to approve.
I am an American working and living in China for over ten years, and cannot agree more with this post. Thank you for giving an avenue for balanced reporting with context.
I am an American working and living in China for over ten years, and cannot agree more with this post. Thank you for giving an avenue for balanced reporting with context.
What do you mean by the "one-child policy imposed on it by the West in 1979", i've never heard the West being involved in this.
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