1.   Culture and business are both responses to pervasive government repression that makes political action virtually impossible.

2.   When this takes place in an atmosphere of pervasive government corruption, popular anger is understandable.

3.   Foreign investors have complained of high taxation, pervasive government control, corrupt bureaucracy and a ban on purchasing land by foreigners.

4.   Investors are discouraged by slow market reforms, high taxes and pervasive government regulations.