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Was just thinking about this the other day - how accurate is the stereotype of the gold digging Chinese woman?
I'm beginning to notice changes, as men here grow to become more sensitive, romantic etc and women get more and better job opportunities, it seems as if money and status is beginning to lose the sway that it once had here.
Is this observation premature or are things changing for the better here in terms of love and relationships?
8 years 34 weeks ago in Relationships - China
Have you noticed that those sensitive and romantic Chinese men are wealthy and live in big cities?
kasuka91:
Undoubtedly, the gold diggers are still out there but I'm seeing alot more relationships where romance and a genuine connection take priority over wealth and status.
Have you noticed that those sensitive and romantic Chinese men are wealthy and live in big cities?
kasuka91:
Undoubtedly, the gold diggers are still out there but I'm seeing alot more relationships where romance and a genuine connection take priority over wealth and status.
In the past when they didn't have enough to eat, gold-digging was limited to the few who had guanxi with CCP or higher ranking civil servants who had the power over resources such as a larger apartment, the next, superior move, belonged to those who had guanxi with foreigners (here or living abroad, a marriage automatically lift them out of poverty (needless to say it is America they were talking about and not Africa).
With the emergence of the middle class, you can dig for anything from Iphone to an I-watch that costs rmb 100,000 (the top end, gold case model) as a start, and if you want to go 'all the way', a foreign passport, same as before.
A super brief example, how much is a US citizenship?
1. Immediate Relatives - Spouses of U.S. Citizens
Being the spouse of a U.S. citizen is the fastest, easiest way to immigrate to the United States.
II. Employment 1. Employment-Based First Preference: Priority Workers There are three groups in Employment-Based First Preference Category: a) persons of extraordinary ability, b) outstanding researchers and professors, and c) certain multinational managers and executives. A person who falls in one of these groups does not need to prove there is a shortage of U.S. workers. Unfortunately, not very many people are eligible for the first preference category. 2. Employment-Based Fourth Preference: Religious Workers and Other Special Immigrants
3. Employment-Based Fifth Preference: Investors
Certain investors are included in the employment-based preference categories. However, because they create employment and do not take employment away from U.S. workers, they do not have to go through a labor certification process. They must instead, be prepared to invest $1,000,000 ($500,000 under certain conditions) in a new business and employ at least ten U.S. workers (See Millionaire Category below.) www.litwinlaw.com/Articles/Would-You-Like-to-Immigrate-to-the-United-Sta...
There is definitely a shift among the post-90 generation. I know some young men who willingly pulled out of the money race to do something that they truly enjoy but that doesn't necessarily pay much. I have witnessed young ladies telling rich fuerdai to fuck off when almost any post-80 girl would have played along for his money.
These are highly educated urban youth from tier 1 & 2 cities. Sadly the vast majority of Chinese are still greedy nongs for who money is the ultimate goal of life.
I would say that through the last 30 years since the opening of the country, Chinese women have not done much to deflect some of the less glorious stereotypes about them, but it will certainly change as salaries raise and they do not need men anymore to simply make it.
A Western passport is an invaluable asset, it is worth more than a hundred apartments especially now that most Western developed nations are tightening their immigration policies for Chinese nationals and it has become incredibly harder for them to get our citizenships in any other way than marrying one of us.
Walk around the CBD area, hip districts or luxury malls of any big city after working hours and if you are a professional looking White man you will probably be approached by wealthy young Chinese girls (fuerdai) looking to secure a Western passport through marriage, they will offer you a few millions in exchange for a "fake" marriage and then agreed divorce after X years it takes for her to obtain your citizenship. This is a quickly growing phenomenon, I have been approached a good dozen times in the past couple of months, I'm not that desperate for money though.