（2023农行）China in an emerging economic giant with almost endless potential for business opportunities. Guan xi — meaning “connections” or “relations” — is a Chinese way of doing business and is practically considered an art form there. It involves exchanging favors when you need something done. Many Chinese business people see it as a way to solidify relationships, get things done, and cultivate well-being.
To Westerners, however, it often looks more like graft in the form of bribery, nepotism, gift giving, and kickbacks. Transparency International, a German-based corruption watchdog, ranks China along with India, Russia, Turkey, Malaysia and South Africa as the countries with the most rampant corruption.
However, China is cracking down by enacting stricter anti-corruption laws and prosecuting violators. In 2007, China’s former director of the State Food and Drug Administration was executed for taking bribes.
Q: What’s the tone of the passage?

A Skeptical

B Positive

C Sarcastic

D Objective