Dai, Changzheng2019-09-252019-09-252012-11-182010-09http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/188297Like other developing countries, corruption is a serious challenge that China faces as it moves to modernize its economy and society. This paper examines what is different in the nature and extent of corruption in China compared to those of other nations based on its different political structure and reform policy. It differentiates the typologies of corruption and analyzes the causes and the dilemma that the country faces in wrestling with ways to eradicate corruption. Both theoretical explanation as well as empirical studies feature in the paper which concludes that for complete success in eradicating corruption, China would have to adopt the democratic system of checks and balances.engWith permission of the license/copyright holdercorruptionanti-corruptionanti-corruption effortsEconomic ethicsBusiness ethicsArticle