No money, no honey
Chinese students in the US today are increasingly splurging on a lavish lifestyle and the reasons range from impressing girls to being the center of attention. Hao Xijia reports.
A generation ago, most Chinese students who went to the United States had very little money from home and had to earn to cover their tuition and living costs, while juggling the heavy workload at school. Nowadays, many come from newly affluent families. They have little need to worry about tuition and indulge in an expensive lifestyle.
Take Han Lu (not her real name). In her tank top and ripped shorts, the 18-year-old freshman at Pennsylvania State University looks like any other typical Asian American. She has made several shopping trips to New York City, where she has purchased, among others, a $5,600 Louis Vuitton bag, far exceeding her budget.
