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“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
What is China’s definition of middle class? Here are profiles of 3 “middle-class” personas in China. What is their lifestyle? What do they worry about?
1 year after returning to China from abroad, a Chinese returnee summarizes the differences between China and the United States in life, work, food, and leisure.
Will quail breeder Liu Yongxing, hailed as a China working class rags-to-riches fairytale, be the next victim of the Forbes China’s richest list curse?
A man gives his mistress 330,000 RMB over the course of their 3 year affair. When it ends, he and his wife sue to get the money back. Spoiler alert, the couple wins.
23 year old, 75 kg Miss Shi has not found a husband, but her parents oppose her losing weight, believing their daughter’s size to be a sign of their prosperity.
A breakdown of day-to-day living expenses suggests it’s very difficult for most urban Chinese & near-impossible for expats to live on 100 RMB/week. But per day?
China is increasingly showing signs of planning an escape from the US Dollar…from backing the IMF, to buying gold, commodities, and foreign assets.
