In China, love has a price
In China, Money Can Often Buy Love
By Didi Kirsten Tatlow
Beijing - in China can indeed buy that love - or in this materialistic country is a common creed.
many private cases seem to be able to prove the ideal partner is able to afford houses and cars for people; feelings are secondary.
Although mercantilism has spread widely, but not everyone thought it was a good thing. A series of Chinese films, TV series and programs are asked a question: In this era of rapid economic growth in what is love?
when a female guest in a very popular TV dating show declared: shocked. But others insist that the guests, Mano, now accustomed to being called
soaring property prices in recent years, contributed to this feeling, in Beijing and other cities, many people accept the notion that women only and there is room to establish relations between men.
Feng Yuan, 26 years old, in the government (crab) the educational background of the government company, to bring together friends and another for men.
fears deepened this attitude. After three decades of rapid, uneven economic development lags behind, those who feel the discarded people feel great anxiety, they feel a lack of opportunities, is surrounded by big money and rising prices.
new creed is cruel, this is the 26-year-old learned the organizers of cultural activities.
a man, asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy, earning 4,000 yuan a month, or $ 600, but also afford to pay for the district in Beijing's most popular modest house. The houses 3,000 U.S. dollars per square meter, together $ 280 per square foot. Housing inflation is serious. Ten years ago, similar to the house to $ 345 per square meter.
Instead, he tried to save money to buy a year's Department of iphone3 to impress his girlfriend. Updated iphone4 - the symbol of tide - just listed. However, to about $ 900, have been beyond his ability.
this phone is not enough, she dumped him last week, said it was because her parents gave her more money to find a boyfriend.
hurt him, despite all that he believed his girlfriend loves him. Yes, he is very rational.
the only way to find love, he says, is to become rich.
been criticized for such intention. BMW M, Ma tough attitude by her film director Zhang Yimou has recently gentle reprimand. In a Hong Kong newspaper
Zhang, Sunday to 59 years old, representing the older generation, recall that more equal, and perhaps more poverty and more political repression of the Mao era, it was in before the economic upheaval caused when the material progress.
his latest film, love story, do not see a BMW, the film spent a lot of time showing Jingqiu bike lover in her smiling picture. It concluded that love is such a thing.
other works also attended the debate.
called B's character, his common-law revenue potential ridicule by his, exclaimed:
a new film, To
an artist named Yihong in New York tied the knot with her lover, close-ups in her in his arms, wearing a diamond ring on the finger. The real fantasy, perhaps, is the love and money correct.
Feng President, failed to match into no house of her friend, said many Chinese women on the partner's requirements reflect their vulnerability, not power. They fear they are not wanted, so he went to give their men.
many Chinese men do not think so, they let the game continue. For the 26-year-old organizer for the money lost love is reasonable.
Letter from China
In China, Money Can Often Buy Love
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW
Published: November 11, 2010
BEIJING - Money really can buy you love in China - or at least that seems to be a common belief in this increasingly materialistic country.
Many personal stories seem to confirm that the ideal mate is the one who can deliver a home and a car, among other things; sentiment is secondary.
However widespread this mercantilist spirit, not everyone thinks it is a good thing. A spate of Chinese films, plays and television shows have raised the question: What is love in an age of breakneck economic growth?
Many Chinese were shocked this year when a female contestant on a popular TV dating show, the contestant, Ma Nuo, now popularly known as
Rocketing property prices in recent years have contributed to such feelings, with many people in Beijing and other cities accepting the idea that a woman will pursue a relationship with a man only if he already owns an apartment.
Feng Yuan, a 26-year-old who works in a government education company, tried to set up a friend with a man she thought suitable.
Without an apartment, love isn't possible.
Fueling these attitudes is a drumbeat of fear. After three decades of fast-paced, uneven economic growth, there is enormous anxiety among those who feel they are being left behind, lacking the opportunities and contacts to make big money while all around them others prosper and prices soar.
The new creed can be hard, as a 26-year-old cultural events organizer learned.
The man, who asked for anonymity to protect his privacy, earns about 4,000 renminbi, or $ 600, a month, making even a modest apartment in an unfashionable district of Beijing unaffordable. These homes can cost about $ 3,000 per square meter, or about $ 280 per square foot. Housing inflation is severe. Ten years ago, a similar apartment cost about $ 345 per square meter.
Instead, he tried to impress his girlfriend of three years by saving for a year to buy an iPhone 3. The newer iPhone 4 - a hot status symbol - had just gone on sale. But at about $ 900, that was beyond his means.
The phone was not enough. Last week, she left him, citing pressure from her parents to find a richer mate.
He is heartbroken, believing, despite all, that his girlfriend truly loved him.
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The only way to find love, he said, is to become rich. parents, and then my future girlfriend can have a good life.
Such calculations have their critics. The hard-nosed attitude of Ms. Ma, the BMW woman, earned her a gentle reprimand recently from the film director Zhang Yimou. In an interview in The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, he urged young people to re-examine their values.
Mr. Zhang, who turns 59 on Sunday, represents an older generation that remembers the more egalitarian, if also poorer and more politically repressive, Maoist era, before the economic changes that unleashed the scramble for material advancement.
His latest film, in sight, the film shows the teacher spending quite a lot of time smiling on her sweetheart's bicycle. Love is the thing, it concludes.
Other productions have joined the debate.
A character known as B, grilled by a potential mother-in-law about her very ordinary income, yells: / p>
A new film, and Diesel, it follows poor but gorgeous Fei as she arrives in Beijing to intern at a fashion magazine.
p>
A tumultuous courtship with a wacky artist named Yihong ends up with the couple united in New York. A closing shot shows her in his arms, a diamond on her finger. The real fantasy, perhaps, is love plus money.
Ms. Feng, who had failed to find a match for her apartmentless friend, said the demands that many Chinese women make on ; prospective mates reflected weakness, not power. Lower in status, they fear not getting what they want in life, and look to men to ; provide it.
>
Few Chinese men do either, reinforcing the rules of the game. For the 26-year-old events organizer, losing his love to money was justifiable.
In China, Money Can Often Buy Love
By Didi Kirsten Tatlow
Beijing - in China can indeed buy that love - or in this materialistic country is a common creed.
many private cases seem to be able to prove the ideal partner is able to afford houses and cars for people; feelings are secondary.
Although mercantilism has spread widely, but not everyone thought it was a good thing. A series of Chinese films, TV series and programs are asked a question: In this era of rapid economic growth in what is love?
when a female guest in a very popular TV dating show declared: shocked. But others insist that the guests, Mano, now accustomed to being called
soaring property prices in recent years, contributed to this feeling, in Beijing and other cities, many people accept the notion that women only and there is room to establish relations between men.
Feng Yuan, 26 years old, in the government (crab) the educational background of the government company, to bring together friends and another for men.
fears deepened this attitude. After three decades of rapid, uneven economic development lags behind, those who feel the discarded people feel great anxiety, they feel a lack of opportunities, is surrounded by big money and rising prices.
new creed is cruel, this is the 26-year-old learned the organizers of cultural activities.
a man, asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy, earning 4,000 yuan a month, or $ 600, but also afford to pay for the district in Beijing's most popular modest house. The houses 3,000 U.S. dollars per square meter, together $ 280 per square foot. Housing inflation is serious. Ten years ago, similar to the house to $ 345 per square meter.
Instead, he tried to save money to buy a year's Department of iphone3 to impress his girlfriend. Updated iphone4 - the symbol of tide - just listed. However, to about $ 900, have been beyond his ability.
this phone is not enough, she dumped him last week, said it was because her parents gave her more money to find a boyfriend.
hurt him, despite all that he believed his girlfriend loves him. Yes, he is very rational.
the only way to find love, he says, is to become rich.
been criticized for such intention. BMW M, Ma tough attitude by her film director Zhang Yimou has recently gentle reprimand. In a Hong Kong newspaper
Zhang, Sunday to 59 years old, representing the older generation, recall that more equal, and perhaps more poverty and more political repression of the Mao era, it was in before the economic upheaval caused when the material progress.
his latest film, love story, do not see a BMW, the film spent a lot of time showing Jingqiu bike lover in her smiling picture. It concluded that love is such a thing.
other works also attended the debate.
called B's character, his common-law revenue potential ridicule by his, exclaimed:
a new film, To
an artist named Yihong in New York tied the knot with her lover, close-ups in her in his arms, wearing a diamond ring on the finger. The real fantasy, perhaps, is the love and money correct.
Feng President, failed to match into no house of her friend, said many Chinese women on the partner's requirements reflect their vulnerability, not power. They fear they are not wanted, so he went to give their men.
many Chinese men do not think so, they let the game continue. For the 26-year-old organizer for the money lost love is reasonable.
Letter from China
In China, Money Can Often Buy Love
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW
Published: November 11, 2010
BEIJING - Money really can buy you love in China - or at least that seems to be a common belief in this increasingly materialistic country.
Many personal stories seem to confirm that the ideal mate is the one who can deliver a home and a car, among other things; sentiment is secondary.
However widespread this mercantilist spirit, not everyone thinks it is a good thing. A spate of Chinese films, plays and television shows have raised the question: What is love in an age of breakneck economic growth?
Many Chinese were shocked this year when a female contestant on a popular TV dating show, the contestant, Ma Nuo, now popularly known as
Rocketing property prices in recent years have contributed to such feelings, with many people in Beijing and other cities accepting the idea that a woman will pursue a relationship with a man only if he already owns an apartment.
Feng Yuan, a 26-year-old who works in a government education company, tried to set up a friend with a man she thought suitable.
Without an apartment, love isn't possible.
Fueling these attitudes is a drumbeat of fear. After three decades of fast-paced, uneven economic growth, there is enormous anxiety among those who feel they are being left behind, lacking the opportunities and contacts to make big money while all around them others prosper and prices soar.
The new creed can be hard, as a 26-year-old cultural events organizer learned.
The man, who asked for anonymity to protect his privacy, earns about 4,000 renminbi, or $ 600, a month, making even a modest apartment in an unfashionable district of Beijing unaffordable. These homes can cost about $ 3,000 per square meter, or about $ 280 per square foot. Housing inflation is severe. Ten years ago, a similar apartment cost about $ 345 per square meter.
Instead, he tried to impress his girlfriend of three years by saving for a year to buy an iPhone 3. The newer iPhone 4 - a hot status symbol - had just gone on sale. But at about $ 900, that was beyond his means.
The phone was not enough. Last week, she left him, citing pressure from her parents to find a richer mate.
He is heartbroken, believing, despite all, that his girlfriend truly loved him.
p>
The only way to find love, he said, is to become rich. parents, and then my future girlfriend can have a good life.
Such calculations have their critics. The hard-nosed attitude of Ms. Ma, the BMW woman, earned her a gentle reprimand recently from the film director Zhang Yimou. In an interview in The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, he urged young people to re-examine their values.
Mr. Zhang, who turns 59 on Sunday, represents an older generation that remembers the more egalitarian, if also poorer and more politically repressive, Maoist era, before the economic changes that unleashed the scramble for material advancement.
His latest film, in sight, the film shows the teacher spending quite a lot of time smiling on her sweetheart's bicycle. Love is the thing, it concludes.
Other productions have joined the debate.
A character known as B, grilled by a potential mother-in-law about her very ordinary income, yells: / p>
A new film, and Diesel, it follows poor but gorgeous Fei as she arrives in Beijing to intern at a fashion magazine.
p>
A tumultuous courtship with a wacky artist named Yihong ends up with the couple united in New York. A closing shot shows her in his arms, a diamond on her finger. The real fantasy, perhaps, is love plus money.
Ms. Feng, who had failed to find a match for her apartmentless friend, said the demands that many Chinese women make on ; prospective mates reflected weakness, not power. Lower in status, they fear not getting what they want in life, and look to men to ; provide it.
>
Few Chinese men do either, reinforcing the rules of the game. For the 26-year-old events organizer, losing his love to money was justifiable.
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