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JohnnyB · 06-29-2012, 12:46 PM

Edit： I know this is probably an ' important in the rest of the world but not here' type of conversation, but here goes anyways...

Just finished having a very interesting conversation with a good friend of mine on a broad variety of topics including your worth upon entering a marriage. This was interesting to him because we are both in China and he knows well from the position that he is in that people here will pay as much as 30,000,000rmb for citizenship to Australia or to the UK. He has both citizenships and has had two multimillionaire women propose to him in virtue of such. He has turned them down because he is confident he can find a multimillionairesse who he also wants to be with.

I'm already a married guy, but he was pushing me to consider the fact that my Canadian and British citizenship carry a combined 60,000,000rmb value to people here in dealing with family issues and that I should constantly be conscious of this.

In reality, I know this is how people think here in China, so I think he has a great deal of reason on his side. Life in China has often made me think that my idealism is a phenomenal practical failing.

What do others on here think about it?

06-29-2012, 12:46 PM	#1
JohnnyB Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Shanghai Exp:	How much do you assess your financial value in marriage consideration and thereafter? Edit： I know this is probably an ' important in the rest of the world but not here' type of conversation, but here goes anyways... Just finished having a very interesting conversation with a good friend of mine on a broad variety of topics including your worth upon entering a marriage. This was interesting to him because we are both in China and he knows well from the position that he is in that people here will pay as much as 30,000,000rmb for citizenship to Australia or to the UK. He has both citizenships and has had two multimillionaire women propose to him in virtue of such. He has turned them down because he is confident he can find a multimillionairesse who he also wants to be with. I'm already a married guy, but he was pushing me to consider the fact that my Canadian and British citizenship carry a combined 60,000,000rmb value to people here in dealing with family issues and that I should constantly be conscious of this. In reality, I know this is how people think here in China, so I think he has a great deal of reason on his side. Life in China has often made me think that my idealism is a phenomenal practical failing. What do others on here think about it? __________________ "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Last edited by JohnnyB; 06-29-2012 at 01:22 PM.