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Beijing billionaires wonder if money can buy love | Reuters

The country's economic boom over the last three decades may have generated a clutch of super-wealthy Chinese, but it has not guaranteed all of them love.

Last Sunday, a privileged group of 21 single billionaires and 22 single women attended what state media called one of the Chinese capital's most expensive parties ever -- a match-making ball with tickets costing 100,000 yuan ($14,650) a head.

The 21 billionaires were all registered members of Golden Bachelors, a Shanghai-based match-making agency dedicated to helping wealthy Chinese men and women find their potential better half, which also organized the event.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 10:45:45 AM EST
Do I assume the women are just really attractive gold-diggers or are they wealthy also?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 05:03:25 PM EST
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.....at about 1.00...

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 05:30:55 PM EST
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actually DID to become billionaires in ... where ... Communist China?  Were they given authority to oversee construction/start-up of a string of factories with instructions from the government to get the job done, become wealthy, or else?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 06:21:32 PM EST
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Twank. Since its Fat Bearded Guy In Red Fur day or something I have a request: Could you please drop the "Re:" when editing the Title? It's very confusing.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.
by generic on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 08:44:28 PM EST
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Sorry, didn't know.  I don't think I'm the only one who does that, or am I wrong?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Dec 24th, 2009 at 09:02:40 AM EST
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Oh Oh Oh!  I get it.  It's OK to edit the title but lose the Re: also, which for some reason, I thought was ... something.  I'm there.  Got it.

Hey, after 2 years, I'm still learning.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Dec 24th, 2009 at 09:05:20 AM EST
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