Almost Half of China's Rich Want to Emigrate

A shopper at Lee Gardens mall in the Causeway Bay district of Hong KongPhotograph by Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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Even as the number of Chinese millionaires grows, the number of those aiming to leave China is getting ever larger.

About half of China’s wealthy are considering moving to a new country within five years, says a just-released report by U.K.-based bank Barclays. The survey of more than 2,000 individuals around the world, all with personal wealth over $1.5 million, showed Chinese are more eager to emigrate than the very well-off in any other region.