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04-20-2016, 10:07 AM
Chinese tycoon flaunts wealth by going shopping with 8 robotic maids
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Why go shopping with bodyguards when you can take huma**id robots out with you to carry your purchases?
SEE ALSO: A man built this $50,000 robot that resembles Scarlett Johansson (http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/scarlett-johansson-robot/)
A middle-aged man said to be part of China's **uveau riche circle has made local headlines (http://toutiao.com/a6274514249792602369/) after he was photographed shopping in Guangzhou while escorted by eight robots dressed like maids on Thursday.
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But instead of inciting envy among people, Chinese netizens have criticised the man for his crass behaviour.
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Chinese media outlets are also openly calling the man a "tuhao" (http://www.ejinsight.com/20160418-chinese-man-goes-shopping-escorted-by-robot-maids/) — the slang word that's commonly used in China to describe people who got rich overnight, but displays a lack of taste. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/chinese-tycoon-robot-shopping/)
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Why go shopping with bodyguards when you can take huma**id robots out with you to carry your purchases?
SEE ALSO: A man built this $50,000 robot that resembles Scarlett Johansson (http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/scarlett-johansson-robot/)
A middle-aged man said to be part of China's **uveau riche circle has made local headlines (http://toutiao.com/a6274514249792602369/) after he was photographed shopping in Guangzhou while escorted by eight robots dressed like maids on Thursday.
http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIwLzhlLzEzMDE1NjUwXzExLjEwOTczLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/578841cb/044/13015650_1190538627653622_503723900116023305_n.jpg
But instead of inciting envy among people, Chinese netizens have criticised the man for his crass behaviour.
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Chinese media outlets are also openly calling the man a "tuhao" (http://www.ejinsight.com/20160418-chinese-man-goes-shopping-escorted-by-robot-maids/) — the slang word that's commonly used in China to describe people who got rich overnight, but displays a lack of taste. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/chinese-tycoon-robot-shopping/)
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