The son of one of China's most powerful property moguls has outraged many by posting photos of his dog sporting new Apple watches, together worth around 250,000 RMB (£26,000), highlighting the growing wealth gap between China's newly minted billionaires and regular people.
Wang Sicong posted images of his pet husky Keke wearing a watch on each front leg on Tuesday. They were published on the "dog's" Weibo micro blog, called "Keke Wang is a B****" (written by Mr Wang). In the days that followed, reactions from Chinese netizens have been growing increasingly irate.
Alongside the photos, Mr Wang posted the caption: "I have new watches! There should have been four watches because of my four long legs, but in case I look too 'tuhao' [vulgar nouveau riche], it was decided that I should wear two but no fewer, or it would not fit my status. Do you have one too?"
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Weibo user Jing-Hou replied: "Our world still has many people who can't afford a meal or are starving, meanwhile there are idiots with golden spoons squandering money. The world is hopeless."
Wang Sicong is the only child of chairman of real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group Wang Jianlin (Getty Images)
Another named Banduwenliangssb expressed jealousy, saying: "I'm so p***** off that I want to cry. Even a dog has one of these gold Apple Watch Editions, I don't even have an Apple Watch Sport."
Mr Wang, 27, is the only child of Wang Jianlin, the chairman of real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group, China's largest commercial property company. He was listed in China's list of top 30 richest people by Forbes, after accruing a personal wealth of $37.7 billion (£24.7 billion).
Wang Sicong posted images of his pet husky Keke wearing a watch on each front leg
Each of the gold smart watches costs more than £13,000 at the Chinese Apple store. The average monthly wage of Beijing residents is around 5,793 RMB (£610) according to a Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau in 2014.
Wang Sicong posted images of his pet husky Keke wearing a watch on each front leg on Tuesday. They were published on the "dog's" Weibo micro blog, called "Keke Wang is a B****" (written by Mr Wang). In the days that followed, reactions from Chinese netizens have been growing increasingly irate.
Alongside the photos, Mr Wang posted the caption: "I have new watches! There should have been four watches because of my four long legs, but in case I look too 'tuhao' [vulgar nouveau riche], it was decided that I should wear two but no fewer, or it would not fit my status. Do you have one too?"
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Weibo user Jing-Hou replied: "Our world still has many people who can't afford a meal or are starving, meanwhile there are idiots with golden spoons squandering money. The world is hopeless."Wang Sicong is the only child of chairman of real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group Wang Jianlin (Getty Images)
Another named Banduwenliangssb expressed jealousy, saying: "I'm so p***** off that I want to cry. Even a dog has one of these gold Apple Watch Editions, I don't even have an Apple Watch Sport."
Mr Wang, 27, is the only child of Wang Jianlin, the chairman of real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group, China's largest commercial property company. He was listed in China's list of top 30 richest people by Forbes, after accruing a personal wealth of $37.7 billion (£24.7 billion).
Wang Sicong posted images of his pet husky Keke wearing a watch on each front leg
Each of the gold smart watches costs more than £13,000 at the Chinese Apple store. The average monthly wage of Beijing residents is around 5,793 RMB (£610) according to a Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau in 2014.
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