"elite immigration" is not unique to China. In the era of globalization, it is a common phenomenon in many countries. Russia and India, also members of the G20, are places of export to the elite.
What seems even more comforting is a similar phenomenon even in America, where the world`s elite are flocking: nearly 1800 wealthy people gave up American citizenship or green cards in 2011, six times as many as three years ago.
However, a little comparison will find that countries run away from the elite are not the same.
It is mainly rich in Europe and America developed countries, professional intellectuals such as IT talents in India, and rich as well as intellectuals in Russia. In China, by contrast, the sociological elite of the political (authority), economy (wealth) and culture (knowledge or prestige) have all left in the same way.
Elite immigrants tend to have more social, political and cultural implications than ordinary immigrants, and are therefore more likely to touch social nerves. The departure of the French rich, for example, inspired the association of Le Monde: "French aristocrats fled their homeland 200 years ago because of guillotines, and now they flee because of taxes."
So, what is the reason why the Chinese elites are leaving?
According to Hurun, the main considerations of "entrepreneur migration" include the education of children, the health care system, environmental quality, food safety, freedom of entry and exit, and the risk resistance of capital, the last of which is specifically described as "for policy," The unease of law and public opinion ".
Sina.com `s survey of average netizens shows the following five items: welfare protection, social equity, natural environment, civilization, and children`s education. The coincidence between the two is very high.
Let`s make an international comparison. As "rich immigrants," the rich in China (and Russia) are not the same as the rich in Europe and America in order to avoid taxes, that is, to move from high-income tax countries to low-income-tax countries. The latter`s de facto trend towards higher-tax Europe and America, means they have more serious and widespread anxiety than higher tax rates.
With regard to the reasons for the wider coverage of "elite immigrants", there are differences in Russia and China, where property insecurity, obstruction of social growth channels and poor quality of life are the main reasons for the former. And "not see the possibility of liberation from the new dictatorship in the short term"; China covers a wider range of areas, including humanities, society, and nature.
In general, ordinary "discontent" is not enough to cause people to emigrate across borders. Since "ideal society" does not exist, it should be said that anyone will be dissatisfied with certain aspects of society, and general dissatisfaction does not in itself constitute a serious problem. There are two kinds of results:
First, through efforts to change status quo, dissatisfaction becomes "upward wheel", and with the improvement of the situation and naturally disappear or weaken;
The other is that after the difficult change status quo continues to accumulate and aggravate, even into anger or protest, but anger and struggle also have no results, eventually become disappointed, helpless, loss of confidence. And when most people show disappointment and helplessness in most areas, the collapse of confidence spreads across the board.
In a country that only needs to be bold and fit for money, it is difficult to find a foothold of faith and heart, and to ensure human dignity. Therefore, the departure of the capable, including those who are no longer willing to continue the race, should be inevitable.
The departure of the elite as a strong warning signal that the collapse of social confidence has reached the leading groups of society, has seriously disturbed, further evolved, or any accidental major event, Are likely to cause widespread panic and unpacked chaos.
So, how many people are emigrating?
More and more wealthy people are immigration, the survey found that about 70% of Chinese respondents believe that, corruption, unfair, privileges, environment, education, food safety, medical standards and other factors are the important reasons for their immigration. And Europe and Canada, Australia and so on become the Chinese middle-class immigrant`s main concentration.
This report quickly aroused widespread popular discussion among netizens, and some netizens joked: "it is not a good idea to let some people get rich first, and then drive everyone to get rich together?" Have you all emigrated to get rich first? " And many netizens said, "Poverty can`t be moved!" Remember before, famous director Jia Zhangke Weibo revealed: "yesterday`s party only learned, sitting in addition to me, more than a dozen friends, all have done or are doing immigration formalities, which makes me very shocked." At that time also caused a lot of netizens hot discussion.
More and more people, in the name of struggle, in the name of the future, and choose to emigrate. Originally supposed to be a social pillar of wealth and intellectual elites, have chosen to go away. They take away not only the wisdom and wealth accumulated by their own decades of development, but more seriously, they have to some extent taken away the soul of this society. It takes away the spirit that motivates individuals to rise up and try to transform society. In the face of the migration of the rich, we should not link our patriotism together. What we should pay more attention to is why the rich, who grew up on this land in China, do not want to live in China.
