Calling all wealthy men in PRC!

China love boat wants rich, good-looking Tue Nov 14, 7:20 AM ET

BEIJING - A matchmaking love boat cruise open only to male millionaires and "good-looking and desirable" women is slated to set sail later this month, a state-run Chinese newspaper said Tuesday.

Men on the cruise scheduled to go along Shanghai's Huangpu River must be worth at least 2 million yuan ($250,000), the China Daily quoted organizer Xu Tianli as saying.

Xu said more than 20 men had signed up for the Nov. 25 cruise and that half of those registered to take part were worth more than 200 million yuan ($25 million).

Fewer than 30 of the 1,000 woman who applied were accepted, Xu said.

"Only those who were attractive in every category can take part in this event," Xu said, without giving the specific criteria interested female applicants had to meet.

"Rich men are normally very busy, and most of the women they meet are there for work or business, which these men consider to be unsuitable for relationships," Xu said.

One of the men who signed up for the cruise, identified only by his surname Sun, said "appearance is most important to me."

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Honestly, if you had a net worth of $25 mil USD, could it be THAT hard to meet women?

Yes it can, but I think that misses the point.

Reading between the lines, I would guess that this is about introducing Nouveau Riche Men to the daughters of higher level party members. The intention being to literally marry new money and old power and further consolidate the position of the party for this century.

I wonder if the KMT will be interested in doing something similar, perhapse the sons of CCP members meeting daughters of KMT Industrialists?

this thing sounds a little sketchy, i mean it basically says that a bunch of rich men are going spend a night on a yacht with a bunch or hot women, god i wonder what would they do on the boat when it set sail

Is this kind of things common in China? i would figure that if they want to throw an orgy, they would be a little discrete about these things. i mean president Hu jintao is over there trying to build a 'harmonious society', and here they are doing things like this, those party member officials are just asking to be sacked.

I'm picturing some Chinese guy with $25 mil USD net worth going on the cruise boat, meeting 20-30 hot women in some kind of "the Bachelor: love boat challenge" TV show.

Mr. Rich Bachelor must choose among the hot women and elinimiate them after several rounds of competition, until only one is left...