Chinese Corruption: Truth Gets Even Closer to My Fiction
I recently posted about the surprising resemblance between corrupt conduct in China revealed in the trial of Liu Tienan and the corruption described in my novel The Deal: 交易 Jiao Yi. Now, an even more striking resemblance has been reported.
In The Deal, one of the key enablers of the central corruption involves weaknesses in the Chinese property registration system. This week, the Chinese government announced updates to that system as part of its anti-corruption drive. Score one for me for seeing that coming, I think!
For readers to whom this all sounds a little technical, I offer the assurance that the point of The Deal (and my planned future novels -- including one in progress) is that issues like this in international transactions can lead to very exciting intrigue. As I say often, I am trying to do for novels about international deals what John Grisham has done for novels about the law. So of course I add interesting characters, sex and the like to help keep the pages turning.
In The Deal, one of the key enablers of the central corruption involves weaknesses in the Chinese property registration system. This week, the Chinese government announced updates to that system as part of its anti-corruption drive. Score one for me for seeing that coming, I think!
For readers to whom this all sounds a little technical, I offer the assurance that the point of The Deal (and my planned future novels -- including one in progress) is that issues like this in international transactions can lead to very exciting intrigue. As I say often, I am trying to do for novels about international deals what John Grisham has done for novels about the law. So of course I add interesting characters, sex and the like to help keep the pages turning.
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