Comments on: On Yuppies, Nouveaux Riches

By: The Tianjinese Nouveaux Rich | James Huang - london / spreadsheets / bibles / guitars / chow mein

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:47:55 +0000

[...] This blog entry has another discussion on China’s nouveaux rich. [...]

By: James Huang - Far far away from Scouseland

James Huang - Far far away from Scouseland — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:30:17 +0000

The Tianjinese Nouveaux Rich...

I’m proud to be living in an area where there are local Chinese people and few other foreigners. I hear the local babble, which is still incomprehensible to me. I breathe in the authentic smells of street food, smelly tofu and precious heavy meta...

By: davewyatt.com - Blog Archive » TIME Asia Essay on the Nouveau Riche in China

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:35:37 +0000

[...] On Yuppies, Nouveau Riches [...]

By: yves germain

yves germain — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:41:32 +0000

I think that it is very interesting to see that people can enjoy life to the fullest.

By: G

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:52:11 +0000

I ran across this funny little article today.

“Chinese couples celebrate Valentine’s Day with an edge”

“SHANGHAI (AFP) – Bored with the same old candlelit dinner, red roses and chocolate truffles on Valentine’s Day? Newly rich Chinese are looking to something decidedly more edgy — matching plastic surgery for him and her.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060213/lfafp/afplifestylevalentine060213153429

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:41:54 +0000

Ha ha – sorry! I’m a fool. Yeah, it’s a great story.

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:10:23 +0000

Kay,

Well, I'm aware of it enough to include it in the "Related Links" at the end of the post...

I'm not sure if it's real or not, but I just see it as a story. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, maybe it's partly true... in none of those cases does it diminish my enjoyment of the story.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:59:55 +0000

Are people aware of this story about an online standoff between a poncing nouveau-riche Shanghainese woman and a disdainful mystery man defending the "true" upper class? See if you think it's real.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:20:35 +0000

YUPPIE. I took a class at UCSC on the 80s and we actually studied yuppies. John, the two examples of luxury home with gated community and luxury SUV is all-American, from the white trash to the discerning yuppie, it really hits home when I'm at a stoplight in Concord, California, and I see six vehicles, all varying brands and consumer levels of SUV's taking a left turn across the intersection.

Yuppies came from the 1980's New York City - think Wall Street - and you can get a good glimpse into the stereotypical lifestyle of the yuppie.

After 20 years, yuppie culture is far and wide and has penetrated almost every aspect of the cultural landscape. Here's yuppie, getting an Apple iPod. That's about as mainstream and accessible as it gets.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:20:41 +0000

Oh right. I guess that should be amended to say “most ruthless and cruel to their own followers”.