中国の社会・文化・歴史等

2012/5/19

重慶の博さんがこけた理由でイギリス人の殺人が理由に挙げられている。この殺されたtヘイウッドさんはマネーロンダリングに関与していたようだが、その行為に関してはメディアは報道していない。さて、ヘイウッドさんはどうやってお金を会８００万ドルものお金を海外に出したんでしょうね。

で、その手段じゃないかなーとしていくつか挙げられています。

面倒なので英文のまま。

でカジノを除く二つは別にこの二つの商品に限られた話ではないですね。

 

で、中国で輸入品の内販をする人は、既にご存知か、知らなくてもこの記事見ると「アーそうなんだ」と思われるのじゃないでしょうか。

年間いったいいくらの表に出ないお金が中国から海外に消えていくのでしょうね。

 

Casinos

Macau’s casino business has boomed, of course, and the enclave now turns over more money than Vegas. In fact, the Venetian Macau turns over more money than the real Venice, as we reported back in 2007. Furthermore, Macau’s gambling revenues alone are now more than five times those of Las Vegas, growing at 42 percent over the past year and reaching US$32.5 billion in 2011. Enough said.

Xinjiang jade

The rare, “mutton fat” white jade has been mined in Xinjiang for centuries. It was also used as a centerpiece for some of the 2008 Beijing Olympic medals and, since then, the price has shot up. The trade, centered around Hotan, has seen the price of white jade soar to record highs. In fact, the Chinese government has banned party officials from buying it. An antique white jade seal sold for over US$12 million at Christie’s Hong Kong in 2010 for a piece the size of a regular carved chop. You wouldn’t need to acquire too much white jade, purchased in RMB at Hotan prices, to get that across the border and resell for a handsome profit in U.S. dollars, especially as prices now approach US$100 a gram. And naturally, Chinese officials controlling the supply of white jade control the market price. Is Hotan the home of the new Chinese version of De Beers?

French wines

Even 4th growth Bordeaux such as the Duhart Milon (Lafite) are selling out in advance of bottling this year’s vintage – which is still on the vine. The purchasing of large volumes of wine for RMB in China is both legal and naturally encouraged by certain wine distributors in China, including individuals paying up to US$1 million to acquire large amounts of Lafite, Latour and Margaux.

Paid in RMB, the wines are held in storage in Hong Kong, which relaxed its import duties on wines three years ago. The buyer collects the product in Hong Kong and can resell in foreign currency. Controlling one million dollars’ worth of stock of course makes you a major player in the market, and with prices of French Premier Cru going up by 20 percent a year, wine is now a tradable commodity as well as an investment and a mechanism for swapping RMB legally into U.S. dollars. That, in a nutshell, is why French wine prices have shot up in value over the past three years.

The phenomena can, as mentioned, be easily spotted. A small sized but valuable commodity, or even better, one that can legally be paid for in China but is not even in country and is appreciating in value. With significant amounts of wealth – savvy Chinese businessmen can even manipulate the global resale value ensuring profits can be made. As I was told recently when examining a beautiful diamond necklace and commenting how lucky the girl was to be able to wear it: “Oh no Sir, this piece was not made to be worn.”

http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/05/11/getting-money-out-of-china-macau-casinos-xinjiang-jade-and-french-wines.html

2012/3/20

活力日本「がんばれニッポン」展を見に行った時に見た表です。浦東の正大広場にあったのですが、このときは人でも少なかったのでどれだけの中国人が見たのかは知りません。

福島県は記載されていませんが、北京より放射能レベルは低いんだよ！というのが趣旨なんでしょうね。

ソウルが意外と高いんですね。

まぁ千葉県とか一部の地域で局所的に高い所もあるのでどこまで信じていいのかはわかりませんが、へーっと思いました。