Students abroad get in deep at poor digs

A friend from Philadelphia told me that another robbery had happened in his neighborhood, just two minutes' walk from the apartment he shares with two other Chinese guys.

"Well, I can't complain too much, it's cheap to live there," he told me.

Chinese students are becoming famous for their tight housing budgets. When I was hunting for accommodation in a small town in Ohio, I got a call from another Chinese girl. She had rented a one-bedroom apartment and suggested I share it with her.