The rise of the socially mobile


A customer uses WeChat Pay to pay the bill inside a restaurant in Guangzhou, China. - Reuters

HAVE you heard of the term “emerging affluent” (EA)? These are individuals who have enough money to spend, save and invest and their economic power has an impact on market growth.

The EA create their own prosperity, and achieve far more than their parents in their education, careers and businesses.

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