Psychological Test Latest Measure to Combat Chinese Corruption

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“Do you agree with the view that ‘officials should use their power before it expires’?” “Do you want to have an extramarital affair?”

Those are just two of the 34 questions included in a psychological assessment handbook now being used in China’s Jiangsu province. Its aim: testing civil servants’ proclivity for illegal behavior, including bribery and embezzlement.