China's Rich Moving to the West

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Jeremy Page, Plan B for China's Wealthy: Moving to the US and Europe; People said they wanted better education, air quality, food safety and financial security. Wall Street Journal, Feb 22, 2012 (front page)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 81461401318988.html
(Messrs SHI kang, SU Bin and DENG Jie)

Quote:

(a) "And yet, while the party touts the economic success of the 'Chinese model,' many of its poster children are heading for the exits.

"Canada received 2,567 Chinese applications for a similar program [investment immigration, like EB5 in US] in 2011, up from just 383 in 2009, according to its immigration authorities. Demand has been so strong--particularly from China--that canada imposed a cap of 700 applications per year, starting July 1, 2011.That quota was filled within a week, with 697 of 700 applications from China.

(b) Regarding Mr Shi Kang.

Shi said, "Here [in China] you don't know what to believe.

"As soon as you leave the city, the US is really a big garden,' said Mr Shi. 'It's like a symphony: When Chinese people listen to these idyllic pastoral tunes, they can't picture it, because China just doesn't have these things.'

(c) Regarding Mr Su Bin.

"Today at 46, Mr Su runs his own aerospace technology company and estimates his own  net worth, including the various properties he owns,at around 80 million yuan, or close to $13 million. His main reason for leaving, he says, is the business environment. 'The government has too much power,' he says. 'Regulations here mean that businessmen have to do a lot of illegal things.

"'When the economy is going up, they [various governments in China] think everything they are doing is right.' If they don't change, he worries. 'another revolution will come soon.'

(d) Regarding Deng Jie.

"Today, at 48, he runs his own chemical pigments business * * * Yet the hope he felt for his country in the 1980s, he says, has 'been doused with bucket after bucket of cold water.'

"I'm representing a lot of other people like me,' he says. 'We used to want to contribute to the nation. but now we just feel so disappointed. China can not continue like this. It has to change.'

Note:
(a) It is unusual that Chinese consent to have their names published.
(b) Brock University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_University
(Established 1964; Type  Public)

Quote: "Brock University is named after Major-General Sir Isaac Brock [1769-1812; aged 43], who commanded the British and Canadian forces during the War of 1812. Although, the British and Canadian forces went on to win, Isaac Brock lost his life during the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812, fought 20 km from the present-day site of the campus. His last words are said to have been Surgite! (Latin for 'push on') — now used as the University's motto. For his contribution to Canada, Isaac Brock was voted the 28th Greatest Canadian in a 2004 poll, conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.