Hurun is a maker of wealth reports and list with a British founder. Hurun Report is run by former Forbes rich list researcher Rupert Hoogewerf, publishes its own count every April, two months after Forbes. Founded in 1999, Hurun Report is a private company that produces lists and research.
Hurun report claims China tops the list of most dollar billionaires this year. They report about 150 members of China’s Parliament and its advisory body are billionaires.
The US has about ten members of congress with net worth over $100 million.
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What is a million off course in New York and what is a million here in Antwerp.
Here it’s a lot, in New York I guess it’s a whole lot less…
You would need 6 million euro’s here to live life and just press the spend dont invest button here.
There’s 2 types of politicians: those who get wealthy then run for office and those who run for office and then get wealthy. You shouldn’t trust either but you should trust the latter the least.
“Fortunately” for China they don’t have to bother keeping track of that.
How many of the 846 chinese billionaires aren’t CCP members?
How many have or have had no government office whatsoever?
After diligent research we found the number to be zero.
It’s intriguing how a number of individuals continue to characterised China as a paragon of meritocracy, particularly when it demonstrates more salient characteristics of nepotism and plutocracy than many Western nations, including even the United States.
One can see a prominent illustration of this in the notable influence wielded by political heirs known colloquially as “princelings”, and the considerable affluence of wealthy individuals among those in leadership positions.
US is a meritocracy,China never was , it is strict communism ,which always means a brutal dictatorship.