PolyU Library
Journal Call no.HC411.B87
Article TitleDoes custom = corruption?
Is Part OfBusiness Asia ; v.29, no.1, 13 Jan 1997, p.4.
AbstractAccording to a lecturer in Law of the University of Hong Kong, gift giving is endemic to the Chinese culture, and as long as it's within reason it does not have to entail a bribe. The gift may be part and parcel of a guanxi relationship. But often it has to be understood against the Hong Kong legal background, and under the Hong Kong legal background it may be considered illegal.