"In some areas, its hard to avoid giving gifts, and some schools even demand free teaching supplies," says one private publisher. Although they take exception to these practices, in the interests of selling their textbooks, they have no choice but to go along with them.
「在一些地區，很難不送禮物，也有學校要求送教具」，一家民間出版商說，雖然他們也不以為然，但為了教科書賣得出去，也很難不照辦。