Quote from: joniboini on Today at 12:50:45 AM

Quote from: safar1980 on December 20, 2023, 04:52:18 PM

Bribery in China still makes it possible to bypass all legal prohibitions on mining.

So you're saying all those underground miners, including those reported above are bribing officials then? I don't know, sounds like not what small miners would do. I find it difficult to believe it is cost-effective for residential miners, or whatever groups are doing the mining activity over there. Is there any data that shows the cost and how much bribe is required to make it possible to mine 'legally'? Wouldn't it make more sense to just go underground instead of trying to bribe people, and risk getting an extra sentence if others found it?

The articlesays that 3,700,000 people were convicted of bribery and 70% were government officials.
I think that in mining it is impossible without this. If a miner works illegally, then he does not pay taxes, which means he has money for bribes. It's the same in Russia.