Cost of living in China
June 9, 2005 12:47 AM
A friend from college and Microsoft is working for Microsoft Research at their Beijing Research facility.
He posted this the other day:
Things I should mention
In my neck of the woods...
- Taxi to work (25 min) $3
- Metro $0.60
- Meal for 2, mid-low restaurant: $4
- DVD $0.75
- Drink at nice lounge/bar/club: $3.75
- Local paper ~$0.06
Since my only source of income right now is about $15/day from the Google text ads, it makes me think....
Sorry, no link to his site - his blog isn't public.
Update:
Maybe this is why his blog is private (from Slashdot):
The Inquirer has the story that individual owners of websites and blogs must register with the government or face a shut-down. Apparently they will begin monitoring of all sites, both commercial and personal, beginning this month. Site owners have until the end of the month to register. The BBC has the story as well."
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Posted June 9, 2005 4:00 PM
Only thing holding you back is language, human rights, freedom of religion, being able to vote,... Oh, and that whole freedom of speech issue. ;-}
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Posted June 12, 2005 7:23 AM
As long as their salary is an American one and not a Chinese one then its astoundingly cheap.
Generally the local costs of living scales to the local wage. In which case things may not be that cheap.
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Posted June 15, 2005 3:54 PM
Andrew is right
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Posted June 15, 2005 3:57 PM
Drink at nice bar is alot more than $3.75 :)
Posted November 27, 2005 12:14 PM
If a drink at a nice bar is at least $4.75 - what does booze (call brands) cost at a liquor store. I suppose I should ask......are there any liquor stores?
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Posted January 16, 2006 7:50 PM
Hello, he's right