Welcome to the Good Life of China’s Wealthiest - Ep. 1 | The Bling Dynasty | GQ

For the newly rich in China maintaining a luxurious lifestyle is a strong indication that you are, essentially, killin’ it. From bougie yachting conventions to polo tournaments China’s one percent is attracting a host of European and Western brands that are eager to capitalize on the good life in a new market
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[@xingx355]

I am Chinese and I find it sad that any Chinese person has to live a western life style to show that they are wealthy.

[@hex1740]

+xingx355 really? wow.

[@asolvorrom6648]

+Hex Roth By eating god damn blue cheese, fuck that shit, as gross as rich people in China.

[@teamofreally]

your statement is so redundant... I'm Chinese too and obviously we would want to live a western lifestyle in order to feel wealthy considering the westerners were wealthy before us... its almost definitional.. before China was wealthy they were also third world... how would living the life of a farmer who is at the brink of poverty at all times make you feel rich.. I'm Chinese and live in Canada, the only reason I'm even in Canada is because my parents left China to chase 'a better life' in the western world... this isn't anything new... its just instead of running away to a developed country, now China is becoming itself developed and starting to become very western like since western countries are also developed countries. we certainly wouldn't want to stay third world or appear like any other third world country now that we are advancing past that...

[@6577442]

+Gabriel T Chinese culture revolution destroyed everything. china have little to no culture at the moment

[@asolvorrom6648]

T5EF4 this is a low point

[@aiepik]

"to educate them"... my ass

[@r3dp1ll]

"educating" ... More like opening new business opportunities and teaching vanity.

[@ajrocks953]

+Becoming Vincent if the market's there, take advantage

[@laptv2144]

What's wrong with that? That's smart.

[@capt.obvious4487]

Well if you are rich you are suppose to show it off to all the poor people to boost your own ego right?

[@georgetware2098]

Everyone in this needs a rude awakening

[@angelmitchel4682]

😂omg I said the same thing

[@SheillaOlga]

Angel Mitchel couldn't agree more

[@cl03cl]

Right

[@MrYap123456]

And then she says daddy

[@minoriruba1828]

Nah....the Chinese who decided to do business with her need to be slapped.

[@JacoxNovak]

Hah that's dumb "We educate them" good marketing though, but dumb in my opinion, Chinese should stick to their amazing culture, not trying to adopt this.

[@shanghainoon7829]

I agree, that blonde girl saying "they don't know how to enjoy their free time" really bugged me. It was like she was instructing small children in a classroom.

[@Xtracik807]

If you think the "current" chinese culture of ridiculous frivolousness and huge disproportion of wealth and knowledge is amazing, then you're the one that's dumb

[@shanghainoon7829]

ROFL you do realize that the top 0.1% of Americans have as much wealth as the bottom 90%? Dumbass.

[@Xtracik807]

Shanghai Noon Firstly, are you telling me or are you asking me? You put a question mark at the end of a statement so I'm confused. Secondly, you should learn to read properly; nowhere did I mention ill feelings against rich folks. My problem with the riches in China is that many of these zillionaires are not educated; they hit it big in the 90s once the market opened and accumulated massive wealth, but the software did not update with the hardware. Most of these people can't even speak proper mandarin. They burn money like paper chasing western goods and plunged Chinese culture into materialism. Those who do take classes are not seeking self improvement; they are doing it for others to see and to not lose "face". Not only are they not up to par with western culture, but they have also abandoned centuries of precious Chinese customs. Thirdly, do not call me a dumbass when you don't even know me. You might have a Chinese flag as your icon and call yourself Shanghai Noon, but I've split my life equally in China and the states so I'm more credible than you think.

[@shanghainoon7829]

Xtracik807 1. It's called a rhetorical question. You're welcome. 2. How is that any different to rich people in other countries? People who place their money in trusts to evade tax collectors? Who keep their riches in the family? Who donate money to politicians that "take care" of their interests? How are they anymore "cultured" than the Chinese elite? 3. You called the original author "dumb" for having the audacity to admire the oldest civilisation on the planet. Are you saying that it's only okay for you to call people dumb?

[@harrycreasian4274]

The girl in red said "educating them to have fun".. Well, we asian work hard and keep our wealth for future generations and risks. Maybe someday things goes wrong, business went down, we still have some of our money to rise.. We don't act like some Hollywood douche. We spent our free times with families, share with them. Maybe asians should educate this girl instead

[@angelating155]

i totally agree.

[@JonathanHung8]

totally agree as well. Chinese Americans don't act like this; we aren't stuck up, materialistic snobs.

[@pinkheart315]

Harry creasian hahaha I'm not Chinese but I agree she was so rude and full of herself. She can't even use a spoon to eat caviar

[@simone3-0]

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[@jokesonyou9249]

hate to burst you bubble but come to Vancouver Canada and say that line again.

[@dimmadong2000]

That woman was like "Chinese people used to work hard...they don't know how to enjoy their free time". What does she know

[@pinkheart315]

dimmadong That was a stupid statement on her part. Everyone knows how to have fun.

[@chickgonesquirrely]

She’s and idiot

[@khalidhassan8599]

Everyone know how have fun his self what a shame

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

She's stereotyping

[@miaomiaoo5505]

We Chinese people do know how you enjoy life by" Qin qi Shu hua"琴棋书画

[@RGSHOEGASM]

Very smart people... tricking the chinese to make them think useless things are very important

[@eriksonyw]

French people have been doing it for centuries. They are experts in it. ;) And it's a good way to make money off the rich.~

[@simo-dv5xk]

How pretentious and lame.

[@user34274]

'Mmmm....how its exploding in your mouth....mmmm the liquid is covering your mouth' Thats what she said.

[@TDClan]

knew i wasn't the only one that noticed that, lol

[@bahamn15]

v1v43 can she not differentiate between tasting caviar and ejaculation???

[@beltkisssanborn2440]

The worst part is she didn’t even serve it properly lol

[@judleythegamer2555]

bahamn15 seems like she can't do that 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@barcasoccer1]

Genius. Sellin these people, who never had anythin, shit they dont need and makin them believe it's important is pure genius. That is how you make money.

[@Supasouking]

lmao man took the words out my mouth turn nothing into something. smh

[@masteroogway2480]

barcasoccer1 The glory of capitalism.

[@joonchoi5520]

'beautiful liquid in your mouth. all over your mouth' hahahahaha

[@bikosteve8864]

And that's why the west is the wealthiest place on earth ma man.

[@Law19157]

For a super rich yacht club, dumping feces into the yacht port like that was a bit disgusting actually

[@coolman949]

If I was a multi millionaire, I sure as hell wouldn't be spending my time hanging out on yachts and watching polo matches with a bunch of deuchebags. It's amazing how these people think this is the so called "good life", but imo this is the lifestyle of a nerd

[@kimilsung466]

Those douchebags will be bringing you business opportunities. That is the reason why people do needy things, cuz they pays off.

[@peter9878]

Everyone spend differently. Don’t criticize

[@SYWPiano]

LOL, I'm speechless, so speechless, this kind of life gives the 99 percent something to hope for and work for? Thanks but no thanks, please get down from the bull shiz mountain, whoever the girl is at the end of the clip.

[@aftergraduationvlogs7610]

WTF! just let them live their "Chinese" life, no need to trash them with "our" standards of high society!!

[@titankingz]

"...beautiful liquid is covering your mouth, all over it."

[@yongganghu4093]

lol you are genius

[@T1027Production]

So you're not "successful" until you learn how to live a superficial and materialistic western lifestyle? This is ridiculous.

[@luyaoma]

Remember China just joined the open world and had its own market economy for 30 years, they just got out of poverty. What the china economy is going through is just like the early 20th century of America and the 1980s of Japan. If you know about this, everything is understandable.

[@somavinnsary8478]

agree with you.

[@T1027Production]

That's not the point, the point is they are throwing away their own culture to feel accepted by the "rich" in the western world. It is all so superficial, singing opera, playing polo, getting on the yacht, eating caviar. It is all injected by the western culture, correspondingly it is saying Asian culture is unworthy and poor even if you're wealthy, which is disgusting.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Shaun L , Both of you are missing point. It is nothing other than western marketers seeing an opportunity of a financial avalanche they can dive into. Same thing happened to Japan and the USA with the industrial revolution actually. So not only are you missing the point, you're hypocritical. Most people dont want to be hunter/gatherers all their lives.

[@PedroBecerra97]

Lol when the Asian lady ate the caviar next to the carrot lady she low-key had a "I don't like this" look

[@qianzheng6896]

while i give them props for earning their millions they should remember how it was be poor and out there struggling. I find it completely disturbing how the rich spend so much on materialistic things because they want others to envy them. What happened to the old Chinese traditions of being humble and not flaunting what you have. There are millions in China struggling on less than a dollar a day, it just hurts to see a 25 year old in a Lambo dining and buying excessive useless luxury items when an 70 year old senior is still groveling each day just to put food on the table.

[@semperfortis_semperfidelis]

Youre correct miss.

[@2ezRicky]

Lol because the world is not fair we were all given life but it wasn't made to ease everyone.I understand where you coming from, but this life we are living is really unfair in many ways.

[@2ezRicky]

Please*

[@Averagebum21]

+Qian Zheng The people living in China are very different from the Chinese before the Cultural Revolution destroyed Chinese culture. The true guardians of Chinese culture live in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia where they had to run away from the Communist Party after fighting for democracy.

[@burgwhich7706]

+Qian Zheng China is just becoming wealthy, It will take a few generations before the kids aspire to higher education (not as bragging rights),science, art, Literature, philosophy, philanthropy....etc

[@wzlz5318]

I'm Chinese and i'm freaking disgusted about this..where are your values and philosophy that was left by your ancestors; thousands of years of culture!!! you're better than this bull crap..! the philosophies that held China thousands of year!.... not this.. not this..

[@codeagent47]

Buying all these materialistic bullshit.

[@zhenyucai8688]

+codeagent47 IKR? At least buy materialistic bullshit that looks good. Who designed these junk?

[@codeagent47]

Zhenyu Cai Looks good? More like, these people have low self-esteem and low self-worth. Buying things to make them feel good.

[@zhenyucai8688]

codeagent47 What I mean is maybe they should at least buy something that is easy on the eyes?

[@alexfang5661]

+codeagent47 What's wrong with buying materialistic things? You don't buy clothes and cars?

[@codeagent47]

Alex Fang I do, but I don't obsess, hook, and spend over for materialistic things.

[@VanVu-uu3jl]

U think this is luxury? take a look at the way of life of the old imperial China.

[@superduperboyx]

+Van Vu yea but the ones who had the money was basically the King and Queen and their family. Which was probably the 0.00001% of the entire country

[@zinlioren]

+r0xx0r haha nice one

[@martjnmao9815]

+Van Vu In fact due to confucian teachings most of the imperial families tended to be moderate on spending.

[@VanVu-uu3jl]

Martjn Mao yeah, they literally eat gold and silver

[@martjnmao9815]

Van Vu Only some did, most cared about their reputation.

[@kikipooh6350]

European corruption of any culture has always spelled disaster in the long run. Greed,materialism,unchecked capitalism....

[@shauncameron8390]

But it sure beats the tyranny, destitution and unchecked communism China had when Mao was in charge.

[@allybrown8907]

did they just discharge the waste into the ocean @ 2:08 ?

[@028TuvaluanHero]

+Ally Brown Yeah The Top 1 Percent China Shit in the water

[@allybrown8907]

That is terrible.

[@Saiege]

+Ally Brown I know right fucking gross

[@zee3e]

+Ally Brown I thought they would at least filter the water since they have an "advanced electronic toilet". Wow that is just sad

[@magnezon1]

+SeseIsAMAAZING luxury shit ...

[@rocker4579]

So in translation "face" means buying friends

[@trishabidesi9426]

🤣🤣🤣

[@metalmaster76]

Being a rich person in china, pro's and cons: PROS: RICH cons: living in china

[@zackkutler2829]

Upperclass sports... How unathletic rich people can be atgletic by not allowing the athletic poor 99% from beating them. Just continued isolation to create their own frivolous fantasy.

[@edison4eva]

'There is an advanced electrical toilet in the yacht.' Shits in the sea.. -_- are you fuckin kidding me?

[@purblanc8448]

I can't stand rich people to be honest. Pause at 2:25 and press play. Listen to how the lady in orange dress is trying so hard to sound luxurious, I'm not sure of she is speaking English or French.. Wtf.

[@kbtube8125]

pur -- she's speaking engrich.

[@TNMUSlC]

"Chinese people work hard and they dont know how to enjoy their free time" LMAO Im done

[@prithakshrestha]

Thats really a fact tho

[@civilizedmonster]

@@prithakshrestha it's not. Everyone have their own way of enjoyment.

[@sheisbamz]

People in the video is so racist. Chinese have known how to enjoy their free time. You are not teaching them how. They are just experimenting (in my opinion) and by the time they get the sensation of everything they will make their own and it will be even better than the ones you try to sell.

[@240fxst]

Chinese have an amazing culture as they are. They should remain true to themselves and continue progress at their own speed.

[@kimberlycabanas5131]

Hey.. you know what would really be killin it? Donate some windmills or something. Clean air would be WAY sexier than any Fendi bag or sports car.

[@zoeypky]

This makes me sad. They don't know happiness without luxuries.

[@bombmanhu]

nouveau riches all over the world are the same, aren't they? :)

[@bombmanhu]

and maybe the Lady's Franch accent English is more "noble" compared to American English or Chinese English right? LOL

[@BlueOrangey1]

Who wants to make up stupid ridiculous crap and sell it to these guys for thousands of dollars with me? We just have to tell them it's high class and they'll buy it

[@tungming5749]

2:28, "you can feel how it is exploding in your mouth, and then... uhmmm...beautiful liquid is covering your mouth, all over it." What a incredible description of....eh, wait a minute.....

[@pinkheart315]

M Tung The cringe is real

[@flufflepuffle]

Releasing the contents of a toilet into the sea? 🤢 Why would you pollute like that?

[@eishib]

if the yacht industry booms they will be eating their own shit in their caviar lol

[@adisafwan4425]

2:33 beautiful liquid is covering your mouth , all over it. two beautiful ladies, saying that kind of words lol

[@dh5573]

NO, GQ. JUST. NO.

[@EmjayX55]

That is some disgusting water where those million dollar boats were sitting.

[@ana69able]

my thoughts exactly! i was going to comment that. He basically said that they throw toilet water INTO the ocean! bleh!

[@Mondoshawn]

best part is 2:10min when they release the poop in the ocean. Ewww

[@christopherwillson]

"You can feel how it's exploding in your mouth, and then... mmm ... beautiful liquid is covering your mouth, all over it." Hehehe.

[@Supasouking]

this is so sad....lol usually when u come from the bottom up you would expect especially with the chinese and how heritage and culture value is with Asian culture that they would give back to those less fortunate(their own people). What is the need too have this kind of life style?...looks to me like white(euro) people taking advantage of some asian people in a way. why cant u be rich in the 1% and have a normal set of friends or colleagues? and want to give back?.....that last girl talks about improving their lives and etc....lol you are the 1% wtf is there to improve about your life? you were presented a chance/opportunity/luck/circumstances and you succeeded now give that same chance/opportunity/luck/circumstances back to the some of the 1million that was once you. shouldn't it be how can we move to improve our own lives while helping to improve others. the Chinese have a amazing culture and one that believes in helping others especially family wise. you would think these 1% Chinese citizens would at-least give back to their network of cousins and relatives?....nope lets build a yacht community and keep these rich chinese here where we can integrate them into the 1% world we created. In this world their 1% will help build ours the White community 1% even bigger while we teach them the Elite way of eatting cum off the hand. LOL

[@other2718]

9 out of 10 rich people are either extremely lucky, were born into wealth, or married into wealth. they are arrogant

[@ChubbyMonkeys]

When God created the 1%, He forgot to add in a little bit of empathy and humbleness.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

Love seeing people be successful!

[@carsondaily39]

i think this basically just say "hey, we trying to sell yatch. And we are trying to persuade that bying a yatch will give them everything." Almost superficiality in its face

[@cassandrea9091]

There such wannabes

[@raleghhowes2778]

"Luxury is a tool on the battlefield of life" - never were truer words said about mainland Chinese society today. The bling is social armor.

[@TechSav18]

taking advantage of the nouveau riche

[@Ace68598]

This is ridiculous. Never forget your roots, keep your culture alive.

[@tomchicago]

The 1% is an international club.. the Echelon of society. Don't hate the players, hate the game.

[@karinfung7075]

This is actually a good video that uncovers what's happening in contemporary culture. We should all be aware. It's astonishing, and it hurts.

[@OlsenMania]

My friend YaoYao is one of those top 1% and she travels to her heart's content. I wish.

[@jakenova4590]

OMG people are soooooo shallow

[@rostilj92]

mafia,mafia and just mafia...Chinese triads

[@bayukurniawan8597]

this video makes me want to puke. . .

[@armany02]

Showed the electric toilet discharging, then immediately went to green caviar being licked off your hand. Pretty appetizing. A+ on the editing.

[@e_paige]

I dont know how I feel about this. I understand the beauty of luxury, etc, but I don't know... Do we need so much seperatism?

[@nabilahoneplus6358]

i feel like all the "teachers" are just bullshitting at this point lmao

[@caitlynmoor5098]

1% of China is 13million people

[@arthurzhu795]

thanks for reminding me what i hated most about this country

[@necropolis1303]

They're watching polo having no idea wtf is going on

[@apollosbby]

"Islands reslly aren't that expensive".....

[@Nullifed787]

this is just one definition of enjoying life right? i just like a good latte...

[@mmandeel7543]

Its a trap

[@a.a.6655]

There's something so wonderful yet sad about all of this. It's wonderful to see people of Asian and non-white backgrounds achieving the same level of elite privilege that white people have historically enjoyed. Yet at the same time, I think we're all focusing on the wrong things. It must be so stressful to have such intense worry about what people think of you, to be in constant competition with your neighbours, even when all the power and money in the world is yours already.

[@sharonkgw]

Some of the few youtube videos I didn't like... why would The rich people of China want to buy luxury items to copy western idea of Being rich!???

[@ssayima]

Living in Shanghai I've shared apartments with alot of the "lower class" people and the sad thing is they believe it too, that this is normal and if they work hard they too will be sitting in yatchs eating cold fish eggs they don't like. And then there are the rich kids I've taught English who are completely oblivious to the other side of China, which is the real China that the majority are living and think that you are poor coz you're lazy or deserve it. But then again, I've never been anywhere where its different.

[@ellashy6539]

Lol I see lotsa comments below that are really bordering to obnoxious heated ramblings of who is right at the end is plan and simple its only business rofl

[@millennialthatplaysfortnit4608]

The morality and humble lifestyle is lost within the rich.

[@jimisru]

Oh and when you dump shit into the water, eventually it ends up in your champagne.

[@ShugeLuo]

I watch this series to remind myself of the stark contrast.

[@jpmarie9]

Boats and champagne are not fulfilling. Nothing wrong with having it but thats not what will bless your life.

[@ReggyPoerwoko]

Very very superficial

[@kimthecommunist]

"face" is what makes people want to befriend you ..yeah usin ass friends that will turn away when you only have a measly 20million dollars left to spend lol

[@wangweijie695]

The "luxurious" lifestyle in this video is kind of invasion of the Western imperial culture, by the way, just different way to enjoy the life, doesn't mean we don't know how to enjoy the life.

[@farhanafzal4]

Wang Weijie best comment 👌🏻

[@Ndo01]

Great business finding ways for rich people to spend their money.

[@schlafmuetzeshanghai]

"having face, is that people want to be your friends and respect you" because you are rich? no dude, you are all wrong.

[@Khum4r]

2:34 To see the Bitch polo tournament

[@solomon011]

Bravo for them. With good education and hard work, the sky is the limit for the new generation of ambitious people.

[@liltay]

I, the new king has been crowned due to being the latest dislike for this video having my dislike surpass the number of likes, bow before me

[@shox8451]

Educating Chinese people? Lolz

[@danf8047]

A lot of nouveau-riches... I'm pretty intrigued by this etiquette school thing... which they need cuz when I went to HK I could totally tell who was not a regular resident of HK.

[@maryhuang9469]

I personally think that it is silly and also sad that ppl only befriend u if u own a private jet

[@jacksonq.218]

How can you still call yourself a Communist country?

[@electrosuze]

Greed, pride, foolishness. It will not end well.

[@datdelacuisine6127]

"They dont know how to enjoy their freetimes" .... My god!! :))))

[@martinking237]

Upper class,Category are you kidding me human race is very mistaken if they believe luxury means upper class id say high intelligence strong body knowledge of electrical and mechanical device usage self awareness spirit awareness is the human's high class. Not luxury itself but yeah shes right that having the money probably makes u seek these treats :P

[@nanas7399]

Let's be real. If I was that rich, I would probably do everything they are doing but I would enjoy it not do it for others. (I am imagining myself so rich that I could give to others and give myself the utmost in life: so hate comments stay away...)

[@jeek78]

Rich or poor, still die anyway !

[@stuka80]

"Islands are not that expensive" LMAO

[@npcimknot958]

hahha almost 99% of the people in the comments cannot relate to this world lol. we broke lol. I think it's ok if they can keep their kids humble.. is all i ask for. Don't judge me beacuse I don't have a diamond encrusted toilet.

[@KarlenBell]

Just work hard.

[@Withloveariaxo]

That lady did not like the caviar at all lol

[@Aikyiomi]

shallow...empty

[@pl9410]

WE ARE STAY CHINA

[@angelgirl8533]

Don't fall for it China !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My family already realised that luxury does not make you happy ! You are most happy if you live simply EVEN if you are rich. I know what I'm talking about.