Chinese woman spends $600,000 on dog:
report
BEIJING (AFP) - - A millionaire in northern China paid
four million yuan (600,000 dollars) for a dog and ordered 30 luxury
cars to come to the airport to greet her and the animal, local
media reported.
The woman and her new pet -- a black Tibetan Mastiff -- flew
into Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, a report on popular news
portal sohu.com said.
A convoy of 30 black Mercedes-Benz cars, led by two sports
utility vehicles, drove to the airport Wednesday to pick up the
pair, who had arrived from the Tibetan-populated province of
Qinghai in China's northwest.
Photos of the event posted with the report showed a committee of
dog-lovers holding up a long red banner welcoming the mastiff to
Xi'an.
The millionaire, who only gave her surname as Wang, said she and
a friend had spent a long time searching for an original Tibetan
mastiff.
"Gold has a price, but this Tibetan mastiff doesn't," the young
woman said, according to the report.
China's economy has developed at a fast pace, creating with it
an increasing number of millionaires.
Research by the Hurun Report, a magazine that tracks China's
wealthiest, revealed in April that 825,000 people had personal
wealth of over 10 million yuan (1.5 million dollars), or 0.06
percent of the population.
The vast majority of these millionaires have said the global
financial crisis has not had any impact on their lifestyle, the
research said.
