Yet Lee also notes that although clans have a certain influence, in the last several years, the rise of "black gold" (links between organized crime, big money, and politics) and vote buying is testing traditional clan cohesiveness.
然而李炷烽也指出，宗族雖有相當影響力，但近年來黑金、買票風氣盛行，也正考驗著傳統上宗族的政治凝聚力。