July 24, 2014
Today is the best day since I have
been in Berlin. The temperature is wonderful, the food is great, and the mood
cannot be better.
We went to Transparency
International to learn a lot about the corruption. As our speakers, Marie
Terracol and Katja Bechtel told us some basic theories about corruption, and
how did the Transparency International do about integrity. It was really
interesting. I also saw the ranking of corruption perceptions index, which TI
gave to me. I noticed that the first place is Denmark, which has 91 score,
United States is ranking 19th with 73 scores, and China is ranking
80th with 40 scores. As a Chinese, I know pretty much about the
corruption in China. From a teacher to a politician, corruption is a serious
problem in China. I think the reason maybe China is a developing country. Corruption
is easier to happen in a developing country. Here I have a real story about
that. When I was in High School, many parents left after the parents meeting.
What they do was asking the teacher about their children’s behavior in school. Then
they asked the teacher if she has a minute, so they could talk privately. They
gave the teacher a shopping card with about 100 dollars. And guess what, this
parent child was taken a good care from the teacher. This student was moved to
the seat, which was really close to the blackboard. Meanwhile, the teacher
always asked this student if he have a problem. If he had, the teacher would
teach him very patiently. What would happen next? More and more parents came to
give the teacher a shopping card.
However, China had already noticed that the
seriousness of corruption. The government began to pay more attention on
fighting corruption. In my opinion, it won’t be eradicated, but the situation
must be better and better. I love my country. I hope it can be better and better
so that people who are living here can feel more senses of pride as a Chinese.
