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Starbucks Corporation, the world’s biggest coffee shop chain, recalled 250,000 children’s plastic cups made in China after receiving reports of the cups breaking and posing a choking hazard.

They pretty much roll like your average rap star. The Hurun Report surveyed 600 of Mainland China's wealthiest, those with at least RMB 10 million in the bank or under their mattresses. The results aren't really too surprising, but Shanghai's rich search the Internet with Google, while the rest of the country prefers Baidu. And Shanghai's wealthy like to travel to Europe, while Beijing's like to jet to the United States. We have reproduced the Shanghai survey findings below. For the other lists, follow these links: Nationwide, Beijing, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Northeast, Shandong, Sichuan/Chongqing. There is also a China Daily story about the list.

The Hurun Report will release its annual "China Rich List" tomorrow, ranking about 400 of the richest people in China. On their website (link above), you can also find all types of interesting rankings, from philanthropy (individuals or corporations) to the "power" ranking, which we surmise means something in addition to just the boku bucks. The 2004 rankings are on there as well. Just for kicks, you can check out Forbes' rankings, which are also yearly but as of now are limited to the top 200, which we suppose sucks for No. 201, but with all that cash, we're sure he/she can shop their way out of that funk. On second thought, maybe Nos. 201 and 401 are happy to have avoided the spotlight. There's a Chinese saying: shu da zhao feng (树大招风), which means "the tall branch catches the wind." Then there's a another saying: qiang da chutou niao (枪打出头鸟) or "the bird that stands out from the flock is the first to get shot." And yet another: ren pa chu ming zhu pa zhuang (人怕出名猪怕壮) or "people fear fame and pigs fear getting fat." Hmmmm. Wonder why the Chinese have all these sayings. We always thought to get rich was glorious.