7. The ‘Chinese surprise’: The Chinese have developed and spread some of the most creative and effective corruption schemes in Africa, without the need of secret societies and alumni networks like the French, Americans, and the British.
The ‘Chinese surprise’ consists of buying in advance a decent real estate (house, apartment or terrain) with the name of target person to corrupt as owner, and during a visit to his office or home, hand him or her the house key or ownership papers.
The perfect phrase the Chinese use in the circumstance with smile is: “This is a small gift to start our long relationship with good benefit for you and for us”.
The surprise gift could also be a car, a voyage, an invitation to a summer university or an international conference.
The Chinese are very creative but also much more secretive and effective. They also lack the arrogance of Westerners which makes them more likable.
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