China Take Sept. 1: Spend, Spend,Spend!
Sep 1, 2010
An annual survey of China's wealthy - the Hurun Rich List came out recently – amongst its findings: that 55 thousand people have a consumption capacity of nearly 100 million yuan – that's about 16 million dollars per year – each! The report says about 60% of that money is invested in real estate and much of the rest on luxury goods. So how do those with a little less to spend on themselves feel about this? Our reporter Julia Wang went out on the streets of Beijing to find out.
Tags: consumption,investment