From the Chinese Press

Money doesn't always mean success

Seventy-one percent of the Chinese respondents to a recent survey in about 20 countries said they measure individual success in terms of material possessions. Compared with people in other countries, the percentage of Chinese equating money with success is significantly higher and cause for concern, says an article in Guangzhou Daily. Excerpts:

To some extent, success can be measured in terms of money. Money or material possession remains a defining indicator of personal success. In a society that has overcome material deprivation and started enjoying the fruits of economic development, its members tend to consider money as the only criterion that determines success and thus resort to retaliatory or conspicuous consumption.