Monday, March 31, 2014

Nail Houses and Expensive Dogs

Zhang’s discussion regarding “nail households” in chapter 5 sounded interesting so I looked them up and found the photos pretty shocking.








I also came across this article which relates to our discussion last week about conspicuous consumption and the debate over dog ownership in China.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/20/is-this-the-worlds-most-expensive-dog-pair-of-very-big-very-slobbery-tibetan-mastiffs-go-for-3-2-million-in-china/

The person who bought these dogs for $3.5 million dollars (the bread of which is apparently notorious for their short life-spans adding weight to Velbin’s idea of buying things for the sake of it), is a real-estate developer who seems to fit with how Zhang characterizes developers in her book.

2 Comments:

Blogger Sharon said...

oh wow, I'm not sure which one of those photos is the most compelling! The house in the middle of the paved road seems like it would cause some serious traffic jams :) Thanks for posting!

4/08/2014 10:07 PM  
Blogger Sharon said...

oh wow, I'm not sure which one of those photos is the most compelling! The house in the middle of the paved road seems like it would cause some serious traffic jams :) Thanks for posting!

4/08/2014 10:07 PM  

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