It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
As an entrepreneur, one cannot just work and not say anything.
I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
My next goal is for Shenzhen to become the model of environmentally-friendly and sustainable development.
No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
You must still stand up and say no when society is facing a backslide or a moment of danger.
As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.
In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.