In my experience, it honestly isn't even close. Think about it this way: In the US, you have an army of groups who will actively/passively work against a corr

In my experience, it honestly isn't even close. Think about it this way: In the US, you have an army of groups who will actively/passively work against a corrupt person: free media, lawyers, civilians with strong rights, judges, police, opposition politicians, civil liberties groups, government oversight committees, industry regulators, consumer groups, and generally speaking, a law-abiding and non-corrupt population. In China, you have none of those. However bad you think corruption in the US is (and I believe you when you say it's bad), it's degrees worse in China.