Blog Eight: Crime in China

        According to Forbes.com, Liu Han, the former chairman of Chinese mining business Hanlong Group, stood trial on Monday on charges of leading a gang-style group and murder, the government-run China Daily newspaper reported today.  He was ranked on the top 200 richest people in China with a net worth of over 800 million dollars.  There were multiple murder victims that were traced back to Liu Han.  Han even was quoted saying, “I would do anything for the company, even murder.”  This did not help the case. 

         In this particular case many people would argue that Liu Han is an immoral man and that if they were in his shoes they would never do that even if they had the same amount of money.  However, the point that I am making is that I believe man is innately evil.  Now before you shut this argument down hear me out.  Since adolescents children do not have to be taught to be selfish or to scream and cry when they do not get what they want.  This shows that from the time of birth we are all innately evil.  So in the case of Liu Han, if anyone was in his shoes and possibly in his circumstances when would do the same thing.  Given the right situations everyman will fall to temptation, affairs, or even in some cases murder.  This is not to say that it is okay in anyway it just means that we are not able to achieve some perfect state but instead all fall short of perfect. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2014/04/01/former-forbes-china-rich-list-member-liu-han-faces-gang-crime-murder-charges/