howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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courtesy of the independent and no i did not alter the names.
One of Beijing's top property developers has being charged with weapons offences after a late-night car race with another real estate mogul's son ended in flames and a heated row between the two notorious playboys.
The incident, reported by the Chinese media yesterday, has further angered Beijing residents, who complain that the so-called "capital playboys" - an elite group of young property developers from rich families with money to burn, time to kill, film-star girlfriends and a sense of entitlement - treat the city as their personal playground.
Wang Ke and Wang Shuo were allegedly racing their cars on the streets of Beijing's popular shopping district Wangfujing in December when they both crashed near a busy intersection. The two men, who share the common Chinese surname Wang but are not related, got into a row.
Wang Shuo then allegedly pointed a gun through the car window at Wang Ke, who called the police. Wang Shuo then put his car into reverse and rammed Wang Ke's car, according to the charge sheet, and fled the scene leaving the vehicle burning in the street. He turned himself in the following day.
The skirmish in the capital's prime retail area, with apparently no consideration for the potential danger to passers-by, underlines feelings that the children of the "new rich" and the offspring of the Communist political elite follow a different code to everyone else in China.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
yes on opportunity knocks brian.
who can forget the moment that hughie green uttered those magic words, "a big hand for wayne kerr please".
still cracks me up.
