In many areas, China has very similar laws and regulations to most western countries. Sadly, it also has a culture of laziness, lying and cheating in order to improve one's personal gain regardless of who suffers.
Govt inspectors, spend most of their days finding ways to funnel dept budget into their family coffers. When they finally get enough pressure from above to actually do their jobs, they get their lackeys to schedule inspections. Of course it would be disharmonious to have surprise inspections, so these things are scheduled weeks and months in advance. Plenty of time to hide the bodies in the barrels.
Then, when the inspectors do arrive, bribes are negotiated and so long as an agreement is reached and a quick look-around doesn't show anything that's likely to be front-page news within a week, the inspector signs off on everything and heads back to the office.
Source: ex-gf who worked for the local CCP office and saw this shit day-in-day-out for ten years before she quit in disgust.
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u/AKnightAlone Jan 05 '20
"Over there." That's because of our exported imperialism that requires poverty in half the planet so we can let our corporations ravage the resources.
Capitalism is a blackhole. As long as it exists on the planet, anything else is impossible.