Of course, it is premature to conclude that JPMorgan violated the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by employing children of Chinese officials who oversaw companies that retained the bank to underwrite their stock offerings. Nonetheless, the case highlights a broader trend: the wooing of China’s princelings by prestigious Western educational institutions and businesses for the purpose of advancing their parochial interests in the burgeoning Chinese market.
当然，现在就断言摩根大通违反美国海外反腐败法雇佣中国官员子女，并由此获得股票承销业务还为时尚早。但此案却折射出更为广泛的趋势：西方著名的教育机构和企业为在蓬勃发展的中国市场求得狭隘利益而拉拢中国太子党。