An ABC Affair | A deluge of super-rich Asians is coming soon to screens near you

The lives of the rich and famous have always made for great TV ratings, but in a year where the world’s youngest billionaire was revealed to be 24-year-old Chinese property heiress Perenna Kei, it seems that western audiences cannot get enough of the antics of the super rich Chinese.

Although Kei, who was crowned Forbes’ youngest billionaire in March, is press shy and has declined all media interviews, there are many privileged second-generation Chinese who are happy to seek the limelight.

The most visible and wealthy to emerge from this wave is 25-year-old Dorothy Wang, a main character on the show Rich Kids of Beverly Hills which first aired in January.

Wang, a Kim Kardashian in the making with a well documented love for hashtags, is the younger daughter of Chinese billionaire and Golden Eagle department store owner Roger Wang, who is worth an estimated US$3.3 billion.

In its second season, the show follows Wang and her posse to China, where they are filmed hiking the Great Wall and trying out local delicacies.