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It's not quite that - 富二代 bring their own particular problems. 1) The methods in which their parents attained their money. Most that I've met have been reticen
by Apfel 10y ago
It's not quite that - 富二代 bring their own particular problems.
1) The methods in which their parents attained their money. Most that I've met have been reticent to talk about the source of their parents wealth (as mentioned in the article).
A lot are speculated to have been involved in widescale corruption and theft of the country's wealth - this should really irritate you (I'm making the assumption that you're an overseas Chinese here, apologies if not)
2) Their spending behaviour is seen as nouveau-riche and trashy. Furthermore, they don't conform to the west's idea of "civilized" behaviour. This can be seen in the thousands of videos of mainland chinese tourists available on youtube. Whether the west is right or wrong, this sort of cultural difference is undoubtedly something worth talking about in the media, wouldn't you say?
3) Most of these kids never had any siblings or decent caregivers growing up to help them develop any kind of emotional intelligence, so they develop into "little emperors".
Often, their parents enable these kind of behaviours, like in the example of Xu Yichun - the kid who caused a death and several serious injuries with reckless driving - his parents immediately paid his $2 million bail and tried to get him out of the country.
4) A lot of them make absolutely no attempt to integrate. Whether you consider this a negative depends on your perspective, but it definitely does irritate a lot of people. I've met Chinese masters' students at top 3 universities who can't string together a coherent written or spoken sentence.
I'm aware some of these things are not specifically Chinese, but suggesting they're actively singled out is untrue. Anyone who's spent a lot of time among chinese international students in the US or UK must see at least some aspect of these issues.
- FussyZeus 10y ago1) Wealth cannot be "stolen", it doesn't belong to the country, it belongs to the individual. Unless it's the Government's money that's just called "spending." Edit: I'm referring to the idea frequently spoken by Trump supporters, that somehow wealth created in a given country must be kept in that country. It's nonsense. Wealth (tied to individuals anyway) should be as free to move as those individuals. It isn't tied to any given country or state therefore they have no sway in what happens to it or what it's used for beyond the obvious legalities such as importing contraband, smuggling, that sort of thing. 2) Relativistic standards in different places. This is Xenophobia at it's finest. "You didn't spend your money like I would, therefore you are dumb/scary/silly/stupid." 3) As if any parent in the West wouldn't try to do the same damn thing for their kid if they got in trouble in a foreign country. Hell I've seen parents defending their children in courtrooms in the same country. It's a lot harder to condemn your own offspring to jail time than most people think. 4) Who cares? It's not your money, they're paying stupid tax to send their children to universities they can't complete and possibly spending enough of it to get some stupid piece of paper telling them how smart their kids are. Not going to help them when mom and dad are gone. This whole article and topic reeks of people who haven't heard the phrase "mind your own business" enough.
- turnip1979 10y agoYou are in a fantasy world. Fraud, corruption and dodging taxes are some of the ways massive weath was created. Read Sean mcdirmonds comments above. Canada doesn't tax assets ... if u stole money in China and managed to bring it into Canada, what taxes did you pay? The paltry property and sales taxes? Also, it is an uneven playing field .. if I stop paying taxes, I'll go to jail. How is this right?
- FussyZeus 10y agoThe wealthy act rationally, if you could hide your assets from the Tax man don't tell me you wouldn't. The fact that you're incapable of doing it doesn't mean other people can't. If there are loopholes, they will be exploited. The solution is to fix the damn loopholes.
- turnip1979 10y agoIn a democracy, people talk and complain to get ineffective laws changed. My fear is that if the government doesn't act soon, the backlash will be against all immigrants. Just like the idiots are vilyfing 1% of the highest income earners.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoWealth can totally be stolen, by taking tax money, by pooping on the environment, by pumpin and dumping in stocks or real estate. Then there are scams, prostitution, all sorts of illegal ways of making money, but most of it is like: government sells X to connected family member really cheap. Corruption reeks.
- FussyZeus 10y agoYou're citing actual crimes to make your case. Taking your wealth to another country and buying things is not a crime, it's commerce. The origin of said wealth is irrelevant to the Lamborghini dealer, if that person writing the check is polluting or insider trading or whatever then that is a separate issue.