A Life of a County Civil Servant

From high school applications, it begins: life mapped out by parents for hereditary succession. The worse the exam scores, the more early intervention is needed. Marriage serves as a hidden rule for political connections, blood relations as the primary tie, while drinking, gift-giving, playing cards, and handing over money form the secondary network.

Without getting into a good school and leaving town, most children of county-level officials will spend their lives in an inherited, relatively static continuation.

Civil Servant Second Generation Within the System: The Inner Circle of County-Level "Elite"