Houston Community News >> Rich Shanghai Ladies Look for Love in the U.S.
3/24/2007-- More than ten
wealthy yet single Shanghai ladies will seek their perfect match amongst the
millionaires of Silicon Valley when they go on a match-making tour of the United
States next month.
Shanghai Youth Daily reports a local online dating website is organizing the
tour for lovelorn businesswomen, who need to cough up 28,512 yuan, around 3703
US dollars, for their shot at finding love in the States. They also need to
prove they have at least 500,000 yuan in the bank, a good education, a
well-paying job and their own real-estate.
More than 20 local women have signed up for the trip, despite the rigorous
selection criteria. Unfortunately, trip organizer Bai Naimu said not all of the
applicants made the grade. Bai said their company is looking for quality, not
quantity, in the ladies it signs on for the tour. So it is conducting additional
investigations into all the applicants' financial statements and abilities.
Bai Naimu says the chosen few will attend a matchmaking party with overseas
Chinese men in Silicon Valley and get to see all the sights along the way.
She promises their partners in Silicon Valley have assembled lots of eligible
bachelors. All the men are from the Chinese mainland and have find it difficult
to meet appropriate partners in the States.
Mr. Zhu belongs to an organization for overseas Chinese students in the
Silicon Valley. He says Chinese students are usually consumed by their studies
during their first few years in the U.S. After they graduate, they find a job,
earn a stable income and start casting around for a good wife. But they find it
difficult to meet women because they work in the male-dominated IT industry.
(Contributed by Chinanews)