https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system You can find the Chinese city "tier" classificati

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system You can find the Chinese city "tier" classification system on wikipedia. It's not an official scale, but used commonly due to just how massive and varied the country is. Looks like the scale I remember isn't the standard, since apparently the most common one is ~4 tiers. As for why I brought up the generalization; corruption is variable within a country. Corruption in China is rife, in part because of the population size. I am fairly sure you have heard of Tofu Dreg construction. That kind of corruption is barely noticeable in cities close to administration centers. (Such as Tier 1 cities. It gets cracked down on very quickly) The same does not apply elsewhere. I just don't want to be too unfair to china with this. Most countries have corruption outside of the major cities and administration centers.