China: Beauty search stirs up anger (organized recruitment of a trophy wife)

Shanghai Daily ^ | 12/04/09 | Wang Xiang

[TigerLikesRooster]

Beauty search stirs up anger

Created: 2009-12-4 0:29:15

Author:Wang Xiang

THE head of a provincial education department in southern China warned local universities to act quickly in order to avoid becoming "wife candidate pools" for bachelors from wealthy families.

The reprimand from Wang Yuxue, vice director of Guangdong Province's education department, came after a company started seeking beautiful female undergraduates at six universities who would be interested in marrying one of two bachelors. The bachelors claimed to be "second rich generation," a Chinese term referring to those born into extremely wealthy families.

"These people think money is everything and the idea should be stopped from spreading at once," Wang was quoted as saying yesterday by Guangzhou-based Information Times. He said the campaign was vulgar and a shame on the province's education system.

Six young women wearing red Christmas dresses have been distributing leaflets at Jinan University in Guangzhou. The leaflets say "post-80s entrepreneur looking for innocent young campus queen," the report said.

Jinan University, a prestigious institution in China and said to be the first stop of the beauty seekers, said it ordered campus security guards to expel anyone spreading such leaflets. An unnamed teacher at the university told the newspaper they did not know about the leaflets until hearing about them in the media.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[agere_contra]

Wang Xiang Ping.

[1776 Reborn]

What no pics of pretty girls? Those dirty commies....;-)

[Dr. Ursus]

I’m third generation poor!

[Pearls Before Swine]

THE head of a provincial education department in southern China warned local universities to act quickly in order to avoid becoming "wife candidate pools" for bachelors from wealthy families.

I thought that being such a candidate motivated a significant number of co-eds.

[frithguild]

China’s Top 10 Universities for Beautiful Women
http://www.echinacities.com/InPictures/?F=379&P=9

[DannyTN]

Got any “second rich generation” females?

[TigerLikesRooster]

They all married second generation revolutionaries.:-)

[1776 Reborn]

“I’m third generation poor!”

My sister searched our family tree back to Europe and made contacts with some long lost relatives. When she figured out there was no money or any notable ancestors she quit before she got hit up for money. LOL

[redstateconfidential]

[takbodan]

I’m first generation Obama presidency poor.

[Dr. Ursus]

I forget the city that our guide told us was known for beautiful with the caveat-And they known it.

[henry_reardon]

is that a girl?

[1776 Reborn]

Cute girl, I guess she could be college age.Retro military attire must be in vogue again this year, last year, the year before that, ..... (;-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Probably Chengdu.

I heard there is a Chinese saying:

“In Chengdu, you regret having already married.”

[Dr. Ursus]

I first thought that it was Chengdu,but I’m thinking now it
was Chongqing.I don’t know if that makes sense?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Chongqing is not far from Chengdu. In the same region.:-)

[redstateconfidential]

One of the “accomplished goals”of the Maoist was equality, but they still abort the girls over boys, Ironic yes?

[keepitreal]

I heard once it was Nanjing. Although, as the mother of 3 Chinese girls, I must say that those from the Yangtze River area are beautiful.