Zhu’s article on corruption raises many future problems for China. China’s inconsistencies in regards to their corruption crackdown, is yet another sign that China needs to guide it’s reform efforts not necessarily on corruption but on the system itself. The current system only serves to delegitmize the Chinese government. With the Chinese government unable and or unwilling to go after corrupt high ranking officials, the government’s legitimacy is eroded in the eyes of the people because rampant corruption greatly effects not only the way the government is viewed but the way it functions. If a government is corrupt it is delegitmized in the eyes of the populace as it no longer represents their interests but the interests of a select elite. In terms of effectiveness, the corruption in China has reached a point in where the central and local government can no longer function effectively. Instead of providing services to the people, government bureaucrats act as agents of special interests resulting in the Chinese people essentially losing their government, as the government can not fulfill its basic duties to the people. The extraordinary level of corruption serves as proof that it is the system, not necessarily the individuals, that need to go. The current system fosters corruption as the massive bureaucracy calls for a massive amount of bureaucrats. With a bloated bureaucracy it is not illogical for there to be rampant corruption. If China were to scale down the bureaucracy and streamline the government at all levels (current system has multiple departments doing the same thing), then they could lower the number of bureaucrats and make corruption easier to identify, and root out.