Cultivating corrupt ties in post-Mao China

In “Making Business Personal: Corruption, Anti-corruption, and Elite Networks in Post-Mao China,” published in Current Anthropology, John Osburg argues that the implementation of reforms to promote market competition and accountability in post-Mao China fostered the creation of corrupt business networks during this period. Osburg examines how economic reforms and anti-corruption campaigns led entrepreneurs to actively use practices of entertainment and bribery to cultivate beneficial relationships with state officials.