Imagine trusting your life savings to a group of strangers you know only via WhatsApp. Some affluent Chinese people are willing to make that gamble to get part of their wealth out of the mainland. Take 32-year-old Phoebe, who recently moved almost a million yuan ($137,000). To do it, she first had to transfer her money into the account of a local facilitator. Then, Phoebe, who requested to be identified by only her first name because of privacy and legal concerns, had to sit tight.
想象一下，把毕生积蓄托付给一群通过 WhatsApp 才认识的陌生人。一些富裕的中国人愿意做这样的赌博，将他们的部分财富带出中国大陆。以 32 岁的菲比为例，她最近转移了近一百万元人民币（约合 13.7 万美元）。为了做到这一点，她首先要把钱转到当地一家中介公司的账户上。然后，出于隐私和法律方面的考虑，菲比只要求透露自己的名字，但她不得不坐立不安。
