How can Greeks posibily say their country is as corrupt as China?

Being a free Democracy does not mean that corruption is higher or lower than a non free democracy. BTW Colombia is a free democracy as well. Yes Greece is a member of the European Union but that was the very reason admittance to that group was questioned many years ago. Some people claim that numbers were altered and facts hidden in order for Greece to be admitted and that many other European countries looked the other way because they wanted as many countries to join and that same reason was what caused the near economic collapse of its economy and the EU had to bail them out. That can be argued, but curruption has been a great issue with Greece and the forefront of relations with the European Union. Greece is a wonderful country with wonderful people and with the potential to be a superpower but covering your eyes and ears does not make a problem go away. Neither does putting down other countries. A country/person should strive to be better for its own sake not by putting down others.