Chinese Corruption Site Hit So Hard It's on Its Knees

Corruption doesn't need any further explaining, everybody's met it at least once in his/ her life, the difference between people living in different corners of the world, regarding it, is that they have most likely lived under different regimes. At least this is the case between the West and the East and the way the problem is perceived there.

The West has encountered corruption on a pretty minor level compared to the East, where bribing and receiving bribe managed to be, at some point, a way of life under the communist party's ruling fist that crushed opportunities and rationed everything at some point. It was the only option for a shot at living a decent life, without too many things missing from it. There's been massive improvement on that end with the fall of U.R.S.S., but nevertheless, the shadows of corruption have never left the corners of everyday life.

China's National Bureau of Corruption Prevention that was formed in September of this year, after a number of scandals involving government officials, had launched its site last Tuesday, but it was just hours before it was brought to its knees by the massive number of visitors accessing it. Reuters reports that "China has called on citizens to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in business and government, but investigators struggle to rein in officials who permit little direct oversight and do not have to answer directly to the public."

Apparently, they wanted to do so, but they weren't able because they decided to do it all at once and you know that they're quite many. It's either that or they had a lot of subjects to talk about. A plan spanning over five years will be drafted in order to tackle corruption, the official People's Diary informed in a separate report, so they'll have the time for that.