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Marriage Cost in China

Weddings are so important in China that couples are willing to fork out dozens of times their monthly income on getting hitched and everything that comes with it. A survey of marriages consumption in 2006-2007 analyzed 60,000 China’s newly-weds in urban areas showed that about 560,000 Yuan (80,000 USD) on average will be spent. A [...]

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The Temple of Heaven

Built in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Yongle, the Temple of Heaven was where emperors went to worship heaven for good harvests. The temple is located in southern Beijing with an area of 2.7 million square meters. As the largest of its kind in the country, it has been included [...]

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10,000 Billionaires

“2009 China’s Private Wealth Report” indicates that there are 300,000 multi-millionaires in mainland China What’s the number of billionaires in mainland China? Where do they come from? On May 30th 2009, China Merchants Bank and the global consulting firm Bain Company jointly issued the “2009 China’s Private Wealth Report”. The report showed that, In mainland [...]