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A few days ago, i read a report that made me smile, with realisation. Its not only India that faces corruption at all levels, its just that Indians have a voice and like to grumble. Give the Chinese a chance and watch them vent their frustration.

Recently, the website of China’s National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (NCBP) crashed just hours after it was launched, as a huge number of people logged on to the site to lodge their complaints against corrupt officials. The website yfj.mos.gov.cn launched on the 18th of December was inaccessible by afternoon due to the large number of visitors, Beijing Youth Daily said.

The enthusiasm which greeted the launch of the site is a reflection of the growing frustration felt by the Chinese towards corruption at all governmental levels, which has been accentuated by several high-profile corruption cases in the last five years.

Many senior officials have recently been found guilty of serious corruption, including the former director of the national bureau of statistics Qiu Xiaohua, the former food and drug administration head Zheng Xiaoyu and former Party head of Shanghai Chen Liangyu.

India ranked 71 and China 59� in the world corruption rankings in 2007. In both countries, the police and politicians seem to be hand in glove, bribes are paid smugly, and it always seems like the common man suffers the most.Is there going to be an end to corruption in either country? Is there a cure? What measures can be taken to ensure corruption is cut to a minimum? What measures have other countries adopted, that India and China can both learn from?

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