Open season on the nouveau riche.
I hear they are good eating... well marbled with fat, and as tender as a newborn sacrificial lamb.
666 L
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Abduction warning to China's rich By Daniel Griffiths BBC News, Beijing 2005/02/11
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4257245.stm
The Chinese government has warned its wealthy citizens about the danger of being kidnapped for ransom.
The Ministry for Public Security said nearly 4,000 people had been kidnapped in the country in the past year.
The numbers are similar to 2003. But the ministry warns that the newly rich are particularly at risk of being abducted for ransom. <...>
They aren't obvious... or humble: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39579000/jpg/_39579611_stretchedlimo203.jpg
(How long did you say the world's oil supply is going to last?)
<...> China's economic and social reforms have created a wealthy new middle-class.
But at the same time crime rates have gone up, a result of growing unemployment and new policies which have enabled people to move around the country freely, making it easier to evade the authorities. <...>
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