Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
What do dried seafood and mooncakes have in common? These seemingly ordinary items have become part of the extravagant lifestyle of corrupt Chinese officials. And as communist leaders try to clean up their image and order officials to tone it down, vendors of things like dried shark fins and abalone have seen their sales suffer.
Karen Chang discusses how products like mooncakes turn into bribery gifts, and whether the frugality attempts by the Chinese regime will actually create a cleaner, less corrupt government.
What do dried seafood and mooncakes have in common? These seemingly ordinary items have become part of the extravagant lifestyle of corrupt Chinese officials. And as communist leaders try to clean up their image and order officials to tone it down, vendors of things like dried shark fins and abalone have seen their sales suffer.
Karen Chang discusses how products like mooncakes turn into bribery gifts, and whether the frugality attempts by the Chinese regime will actually create a cleaner, less corrupt government.
