Actress’s $300K Earrings at Adult Ceremony, Exposing China’s Charity Earthquake Profiteering
Actress’s $300K Earrings at Adult Ceremony, Exposing China’s Charity Earthquake Profiteering
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On May 11, 17-year-old mainland Chinese actress Huang Yang Tian Tian caused a huge controversy after wearing GRAFF earrings worth 2.3 million yuan to her school’s coming-of-age ceremony. She posted photos showing off the earrings on her social media, which sparked a massive public backlash. People were not focused on her showing off wealth but questioned whether her family background and the source of her wealth were reasonable and legal. A popular theory suggested that her father got rich by profiting from disaster relief efforts during his work in Ya’an, through corruption and bribery in post-disaster.
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