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China, U.S. RedNote users unveil differences in education costs

Global Stringer

02:13

As cultural exchanges deepen between China and the United States, the differences between the two countries in terms of housing, work, education, healthcare and other areas of life have become the focus of public attention. The recent exodus of TikTok users from the U.S. has sparked a wave of cross-cultural comparisons on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote. It has further fueled the ongoing "audit" of life between Chinese and American netizens on the platform. From comparing salaries and rents to dissecting healthcare costs and educational expenses, these online discussions are challenging deep-rooted stereotypes about life in China compared to that of the U.S.

One U.S. netizen said she took out $125,000 in loans to cover her master's degree and is planning a 20-year repayment plan. Many Chinese netizens were surprised and told her that it usually takes less than a year to pay off an entire year's tuition in China, which shocked her.

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