Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one’s career. What increasingly determines an official’s prospects for promotion is his guanxi, or connections.
更糟糕的是，随着中国官僚系统中向上爬的斗争逐渐升级，连假冒文凭和GDP增长记录都不足以让他们更进一步。而一个官员的升迁前景则日渐取决于他所拥有的关系。