Microblog insights

Topic 1: Wealthy Chinese are spending billions of dollars in purchasing luxury real estate in the United States. In consequence, US property developers have begun to attach more importance to elements such as feng shui and lucky numbers to cater to Chinese buyers. Last year, a businessman from Shanghai bought 17 apartments in Artech, Miami, Florida, for a total of $14 million. Artech is a cruise ship-shaped modern glass building that overlooks the intra-coastal waterway, according to the official micro blog of The Wall Street Journal's Chinese version.

SHOUJIACOUNCILORPENGPING: These wealthy Chinese buyers make money in China and contribute to consumption in the US. How great their spirit of internationalism is.

LAOQIJASON: $14 million for 17 apartments means the average price is $820,000 for each one. I think it is a bit of an exaggeration to call them luxury homes.

TIANYUTADIE: A cruise ship on land? What terrible feng shui.

QIANGQIANGPIG: Many Chinese choose to invest in the US because the market there is simply market-driven with transparent policies. However, in China, the market is policy-oriented and the policies are always favorable to interested groups.

LINWENXI2011: I wonder from where these rich Chinese people's money comes.

CHUANGSHIJI21: The rich are flocking to the US to buy property while the poor are scrambling for real estate in the China market.

VARVIN: Any rise in the US property market depends on the Chinese. It's just like what happened with European luxury car brands as their manufacturers ingratiated themselves with Chinese consumers.

Topic 2: Thirty-six female multimillionaires from Southwest China's Sichuan province launched a marriage-seeking campaign nationwide together on June 25. They require that the potential spouse should "have a face that will bring his wife a prosperous life" and be willing to settle in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Also, the potential husband should not develop an aversion to playing mahjong - a traditional Chinese table game played by four people. Even before the campaign was officially launched, more than 300 men had signed up, according to the organizer.

HZADU: What does a face that will bring a prosperous life to a wife look like?

ZHOUZHENGTINGWEIBO: This is very attractive to many men, especially those with a face that will promote their wife's career and bring goodness to their life. This is a shortcut for a man, enabling him to spend fewer years struggling for a successful life.

TOLIGHTACIGARETTE2010: These women and those rich wealthy men who are also asking for marriage are really a perfect match.

LIJIANGDAREN: Why not talk about the reasons why these rich women still remain single? Usually, excellent men are not short of money.

HOUNING: I have a strong dislike of women who like to play mahjong.

PANLIYUAN: Those who spend money to buy happiness will never be happy.

ZHONGHUATIANYUANBAI: The feminist movement in Chengdu has reached such a level.

CHENCHENXIXI: Chengdu is a good place.

All the information is from Sina Weibo.