Top of rich Chinese's wish list? To leave China

Chinese millionaire Su builds skyscrapers in Beijing and is one of the people powering China's economy on its path to becoming the world's biggest.

He sits at the top of a country - economy booming, influence spreading, military swelling - widely expected to dominate the 21st century.

Yet the property developer shares something surprising with many newly rich in China: he's looking forward to the day he can leave.

Su's reasons: He wants to protect his assets, he has to watch what he says in China and wants a second child, something against the law for many Chinese.

The millionaire spoke on condition that only his surname was used because of fears of government reprisals that could damage his business.

Image: A worker walks inside an office of Beijing Goldlink Go-Abroad Consulting Co., a consulting firm assisting Chinese to emigrate to Canada and the United States, in Beijing.

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