Economic liberalization, which gained momentum over the last decade, catapulted many Chinese into sudden wealth.

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As these knots of plotting schemers at the city centers were becoming bloated with sudden wealth, the producing classes of the country .

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But they still hold out the possibility of sudden wealth, if the grabber-arm can avoid the giant cuddly toys and instead unlock, in a glittering torrent, the glassed-in trove of silver.

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Sudden surges in wealth can, for example, encourage excessive borrowing, which, when borrowers are forced to readjust their finances, can cause a painful hard landing.

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When asked to explain his sudden increase in wealth at a press conference soon after our annual billionaire rankings were published, he reportedly said, "The stock market goes up ... and down, " and noted that his fortune could quickly drop.

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"All of a sudden you create a whole new channel for wealth creation, " she says.

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Only an eye-witness can give an account of the sudden effect which currency reform had on the size of stocks and the wealth of goods on display.

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No friar could ride a horse (a symbol of wealth), but if the friar was sick, all of a sudden a friar could ride a horse.

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