--- description: Scholar interviews 47 Chinese prisoners and analyzed the results of 200 surveys to get a better sense of what leads officials astray title: Chinese Officials Anti-Corruption Quiz image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f864065f27ae2ac/6986823c13c79f6591190add/corrupt_chinese_official_0212.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Got What It Takes to Be a Corrupt Chinese Official? Take This Quiz to Find Out by [Emily Rauhala](/author/emily-rauhala/) ## Emily Rauhala Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 9:30 AM CUT  Yang Dacai (2nd L standing), a Chinese official branded 'Brother Watch' because of his expensive taste in timepieces, stands in the courtroom in the Intermediate people's court of Xian, northwest China's Shaanxi province on Sept. 5, 2013 Yang Dacai (2nd L standing), a Chinese official branded 'Brother Watch' because of his expensive taste in timepieces, stands in the courtroom in the Intermediate people's court of Xian, northwest China's Shaanxi province on Sept. 5, 2013STR / AFP / Getty Images by [Emily Rauhala](/author/emily-rauhala/) ## Emily Rauhala Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 9:30 AM CUT Want to understand corruption? Get inside the minds of the corrupt. That seems to be the thinking behind a [quiz](http://yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2013-12/31/c%5F133009331%5F2.htm "undefined") developed by a Chinese scholar and published online by state press. Professor Di Xiaohua, head of the Crime Prevention and Control Research Institute at Nanjing University, interviewed 47 Chinese prisoners and analyzed the results of 200 surveys to get a better sense of what leads officials astray, [reports](http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-02/11/content%5F17275735.htm "undefined") _China Daily_. Then, working with local officials, Di developed a 34-part questionnaire designed to test corruptibility. Here are some head-scratchers, translated from the Chinese: --- > “” --- And on to the multiple choice: --- > “” --- The timing couldn’t be better. President [Xi Jinping](http://world.time.com/2012/10/11/behind-the-story-times-hannah-beech-discusses-chinas-next-leader-xi-jinping/ "undefined") wants to make [tackling graft](http://world.time.com/2013/06/26/does-a-purge-of-senior-officials-mean-chinas-serious-about-its-corruption-problem/ "undefined") one of his hallmarks, vowing to target high-ranking “tigers” and lowly “flies” in a sweeping anti-corruption drive. It’s a campaign that’s seen many a cadre land in prison and quite a few [nightclubs closed](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25763300 "undefined"). In Jiangsu province alone, 10,357 corrupt officials were punished in 2013, _China Daily_[notes](http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-02/11/content%5F17275735.htm "undefined"). The survey has already been used to test 2,000 civil servants, but their results were not publicly disclosed. The goal, it seems, is not “gotcha,” but personal growth. “The answers will only be known by those who set the test, but the test can act as a kind of self-education,” a local official told the press. That’s good news for nervous quiz-takers — although any venal official who couldn’t ace this test probably wasn’t on the road to ill-gotten riches. —_With reporting and translation from Gu Yongqiang_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6604/are-you-a-corrupt-chinese-official-take-this-quiz-to-find-out/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6604/are-you-a-corrupt-chinese-official-take-this-quiz-to-find-out/"},"headline":"Got What It Takes to Be a Corrupt Chinese Official? 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