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Why culture will eat strategy for breakfast any day
The best way to fight graft in public service is by officials adopting values and norms that promote integrity. PHOTO | FOTOSEARCH
The 4,000-mile-long Great Wall of China was built to keep out invaders from the north. The first wall was constructed by Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, who lived between 259 and 210 BC. But in AD 1644 the Manchus broke through the Great Wall and overran China. They did this by bribing a general of the Ming dynasty to open the gates.
I hope you got that clear. The Great Wall of China — a gigantic structure which cost an immense amount of money and labour — was breached. It was not done by breaking it down or going around it. They did it by bribing the gatekeepers.
