[girzel]

The enforcement of regulations in China is frighteningly efficient and effective, while the issue at hand is foremost in the minds of leaders. The government insists on retaining personal control over the country, and weakens the country's autonomous systems, which means it must spend some of a limited amount of attention to address any given issue. The moment the Eye of Sauron turns to look at a particular problem, everything immediately falls into order. The moment it turns away to something else, everyone gets up to their old shenanigans. It's the trade-off of retaining personal control.

In this case, these NK firms will certainly be a topic of focus, and likely remain so for quite a while.

[nrp]

On getting back to their old shenanigans, this is such a deeply rooted concept in China that it inspired a phrase that has remained in common use for 700 years. "Heaven is high and the emperor is far away" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_gao,_Huangdi_yuan

[SimbaOnSteroids]

This concept was also expressed in that Whitey Bulgar movie, Black Mass.

>Remember Johnny, if no one sees it, its like it never even happened.