Reverse Poverty: When Sudden Wealth Makes China's Rich Unhappy

Welcome to China Talks Decoded. This week: what happens after you get rich? Guest Fang Yan — a self-made millionaire and author of The Second Day — reveals what he calls "reverse poverty": when sudden wealth creates more problems than it solves, breeding anxiety, emptiness, even bankruptcy. From riding China's economic wave to watching tycoons lose everything, he unpacks how status spending, runaway ambition and financial illiteracy can turn money into a curse — and what Charlie Munger taught him about meaning beyond wealth. English commentary with original-audio clips.

Original show: Sanwuhuan (三五环), No.220.