A worldly African traveller commented gleefully: The amounts involved in our graft cases certainly pale compared with the mind-boggling sums involved in the most powerful economy on earth.

• 一个来自非洲的旅行者笑说：“美国是世界上最强大的经济，企业舞弊的数额大得令人难以置信，我们国家贪污事件涉及的款项，相比之下简直是九牛一毛。