After watching this video, the only question I have is whether the woman was from Mainland China or grew up in Hong Kong.

If it was the former, then I am not one bit surprised. Since the explosive economic growth of Mainland China, some Chinese have benefited very well. Simply put, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Only in this case, the rich get absurdly rich. So rich, that they fear nothing. However, their behaviors haven’t improved much…

I must point out that this type of person is still in the minority. Though, when a country’s population is 1.3 billion, even the minority is huge. That’s why I’m not surprised as stories of such people are aplenty.

Be prepared to see more crazy rich people on CHINALERT!

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In his “Manufactured Totems” series Alain Delorme, captures the portrait of the insignificant jobs present in everyday life in Shanghai. Even though the Chinese society usually fascinates by its delusions of grandeur, he chooses to focus on the individuals buzzing about the city.

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Men and women perched on their bikes cross the images as they go all over town, without ever settling in. They are migrants coming from all over China, the heart of the new “world factory”.

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