The Chinese Way to Wealth and Prosperity: 8 Timeless Strategies for Achieving Financial Success

CHAPTER EIGHTDO NOT AS THE CHINESE DO

All the previous chapters in this book had the explicit goal of helping readers achieve prosperity by elucidating traits that the Chinese people have used to obtain theirs. These are positive examples that use illustrations intended to spur imitation. On the other hand, there are negative examples, examples of what not to emulate. For instance, in Chapter 4, I had used the U.S. government as a negative example of how to handle debt. In this chapter, tragically, it is necessary to make an example of a less favorable trait of the Chinese. One negative trait above all has bedeviled the Chinese people for generations. It is the insidious disease of gambling. There are few things more destructive of wealth than ...