Introduction: corruption and its measures / John B. Kidd and Frank-Jurgen Richter (p. 1-26) -- The OECD Convention and Asia / Enery Quinones (p. 27-46) -- The Asian money laundering explosion / Peter Lilley (p. 47-72) -- Corruption in context / Leslie Palmier (p.73-90) -- Is the 21st century "The age of Asia-Pacific Region"? hopes and expectations as viewed from East Russia / Anatoly Korchagin and Alex Ivanov (p.91-114) -- Monopoly rights and wrongs: two forms of intellectual property rights violations in Asia / Hock-Beng Cheah (p. 115-174) -- Corruption in Mainland China today: data and law in a dubious battle / Francois-Yves Damon (p. 175-202) -- Culture and level of industrialization as determinants of corruption in Asia / Domenic Schulli (p. 203-220) -- The economy of seepage and leakage in Asia: the most dangerous issue / Gilbert Etienne (p. 221-236) -- Combating corruption in Southeast Asia / Clay Wescott (p. 237-270) -- The institutional economics of legal institutions, guanxi and corruption in the PR China / Matthias Schramm and Markus Taube (p. 271-296) -- The nature of corruption hidden culture: the case of Korea / Yong-Lin Moon and Gary N McLean (p. 297-316) -- Combating corruption in Thailand: a call to an end of the "White Buffet" / Maneewan Chat-uthai and Gary N McLean (p. 317-348) -- Comparative study of anti-corruption systems, efforts and strategies in Asian countries: focusing on Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Korea / Taek Kim (p. 349-376) -- An exploration of the dynamics of the 'corrupter' and the 'corrupted': developing cutting edge practices to prevent seduction / Lionel Stapley (p. 377-402)