Civic honesty around the globe

You can read similar stories in Victorian Britain and, I'm sure, all other Western countries.

You can also probably find examples today in many countries other than China, including the West.

I think we underestimate the breadth of health and safety regulations, checks, and enforcement that developed in the West to prevent such actions, or at least to catch them as early as possible.

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