"I must keep a good relationship with this guy, otherwise he's going to out me for getting drunk and stumbling on the street" or whatever. Alcohol creates trust and in societies where rule of law and enforcement is weak, like China, that's enormously important.
I don't think that it is only the act of committing "bad behavior" (quotes used to your point) is what binds a business relationship. First, when two men get drunk, a non-declarative bond develops. It has nothing to do with thoughts like:
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I've gotten drunk enough with a Chinese counterparty to sway my body alongside his as he pissed all over a bathroom floor and that was enough to form a genuine (one hopes!) bond. I didn't need the threat of reporting criminal behavior to enforce our relationship.
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