China’s nouveau riche upset surfers
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- “A splurge of wealth contradicts the traditional Chinese virtue of frugality and easily triggers dissatisfaction. That may also lead to money worship among children.”
The observation came from professor Wang Xiangnan, a behavioral psychologist and executive vice president of the Guangxi Behavioral Medicine Association, in a Shanghai Daily story which says local surfers are getting annoyed by, “huge spending by China’s nouveau riche on their children”.
The topic became hot online after, “revelations of a 200,000-yuan (US$29,300) 16th birthday party for a boy in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,” says the story, continuing:
“Last month, a middle school student was reported to have used a private helicopter to go to school in Dongguan City in south China’s Guangdong Province due to traffic jams.
“Reaction on the Internet since Monday has been mixed as an article and pictures titled ‘China’s most luxurious birthday party’ were posted on major online forums.”
Adds Shanghai Daily:
“China has undergone fast economic development but along with that has come a widening income gap. Flaunting of wealth often leads to public criticism.”
Shanghai Daily – Boy’s lavish birthday party criticized, August 22, 2009
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