Chinese people disagree over the degree to which corruption exists at the very top of the Communist Party.

Some corruption no doubt existed, but in the main this system worked.

Years ago, a director who suggested that corruption existed in Government paid a heavy price.

He had been very public in his assertion that corruption existed.

When the Russians were here the corruption did not exist.

This is not just a bunch of criminals: corruption exists at all levels and comes back to the state's involvement in the economy.

We just had to accept the fact that corruption exists.

Chang claims that "corruption often exists because there are too many market forces; not too few."

They also said that corruption existed "at all management levels."

There is, for example, little question that official corruption exists, though few politicians have been prosecuted.