This is how all matters are resolved in China, even legal ones. This is why laws in China do not work — nobody pays attention at them, really. The Chinese say that a law is just a piece of paper you can tear up and throw away. They never rely on laws; moreover, they are certain that abiding by them will do nothing but harm. Connections are everything in China. Without them, a Chinese person is unlikely to achieve anything in life, and, in some cases, has a greater chance of losing it.