General Discussion

For example, he required employees to give him “gratitude red envelopes” after one year of employment. Those who refused had to write self-criticisms.

He also encouraged workers to “voluntarily take a 10 per cent pay cut” and demanded they express gratitude for the opportunity.

Employees who resigned were required to reimburse the company cafeteria at a rate of 30 yuan (US$4) per meal.

The story has shocked and outraged China’s online community.

One person wrote: “Can anyone stop him? Just because he has wealth, does that mean he can raise children like livestock? Children are living beings, not bugs. Is he running some kind of human breeding experiment?”