A New Class of Chinese Migrants
Pollution is one of the top three reasons cited by wealthy people for leaving the country for good.
Books
05.05.15
Meet Me in Venice
When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule, resolving to save enough money to provide her family with a better future.
Environment
02.20.14
Pollution Tax Suggested for Wealthy Chinese Fleeing for Greener Pastures
from chinadialogueEnvironmental problems have become an important factor causing the rich to leave China—but one academic has now suggested that they should first pay an environmental levy. Chen Guoen, a professor at Wuhan University, said
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