In a sign of the ever closer relations between power and money in the new China, the daughter of its Communist president, Hu Jintao, was reported this weekend to have married one of its new millionaire internet tycoons.
Hu Haiqing, 33, married Mao Daolin - no relation to Mao Tse-tung - in Hawaii, according to the Asian Wall Street Journal.
But the marriage was kept secret, in line with the normal practice of the leadership to reveal as little of their family lives as possible.
The match may be something of an embarrassment to President Hu. While "princelings", as the children of top Communists have become known, have become notorious for doing well in both politics and business, he has made a virtual manifesto of calls for "modest and prudent' lifestyles.
Miss Hu is one of the president's two children with his wife, Liu Yongqing.
Chinese websites report that Miss Hu studied for eight years in the United States, living under a pseudonym, and that she applied unsuccessfully for a green card.
If true, she would not be the first princeling to have studied at capitalism's heart. Deng Zhifang, the youngest son of the former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, studied at the University of Rochester and his son is a US citizen.
Mr Mao himself did a masters degree at Stanford University. Also known by his western name Daniel, he used to be chief executive of sina.com, one of three internet companies that dominates China.
He remains on the board and his net worth has been put at $61 million. Shares in Chinese dotcoms, listed on the US Nasdaq market, have been among the highest risers in the world this year.
The personal wealth of those associated with the Communist leaders of the past two decades is one of the greatest though usually unwritten gripes of ordinary people in China.
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