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看到这里，还在纠结粉丝数量重要不重要的那些人，应该改变想法了吧 4个字：测试一下 7小时互动数据是很多小v肝一个月的 而且 他没开蓝V

China vs. the US. Same world. Wildly different price tags. The numbers don’t lie, and they tell a fascinating story. Average monthly salary in China: $1,007. In the US: $4,276. That’s a 4.2x income gap. But here’s where it gets interesting. Food costs don’t follow the same ratio. A meal at an inexpensive restaurant in China costs $2.84. In the US? $20.00. That’s 7x more expensive. A dozen eggs: $1.57 in China vs $4.41 in the US. A cappuccino: $2.95 vs $5.32. White rice per lb: $0.43 vs $2.09. The Chinese consumer is paying dramatically less, not just proportionally, but in absolute dollar terms. Now look at the real squeeze. Broadband internet in China: $11.23/month. In the US: $72.43/month. Mobile phone plan in China: $8.95. In the US: $60.90. Basic utilities: $51.89 in China vs $210.49 in the US. Infrastructure costs in America are crushing the middle class. The one area where China doesn’t win? A new compact car costs $18,488 in China vs $35,699 in the US. Cheaper, but relative to monthly salary, still a 18-month income commitment for the average Chinese worker. The real insight: China has engineered a low-cost, high-efficiency consumer economy. The US has engineered high wages but also high costs that quietly consume them. Purchasing power parity tells a story that raw salary comparisons completely miss. I have lived in China for over 20 years and I can attest that we get more for less. The only thing I would say it’s ridiculously expensive is real estate prices, where an ordinary person would had to work their whole life to pay off the mortgage. Price-to-income ratios are estimated at: * Beijing: ~37x annual income * Shanghai: ~38x annual income That means an average household may need 30–40 years of total income just to buy a home outright. This is why many Chinese families: * pool money across 2–3 generations * rely heavily on parents for downpayments * prioritize home ownership above almost everything else Important shift happening now: China’s property crisis actually reduced prices in many cities: * mortgage rates fell sharply * home prices declined * affordability improved versus 2020–2021 peaks But psychologically, many young Chinese are now: * delaying marriage * delaying home purchases * preferring renting * less willing to take 30-year debt because they watched previous generations become heavily leveraged into declining property markets.

HUGE NEWS: California just became the FIRST state in America to provide FREE DIAPERS to all new parents. Launching this summer. Since I became Governor, we have made preschool FREE, school meals FREE, and expanded paid family leave. Stop talking about lowering costs for families — DO IT!