What 1 Day's Salary Buys in China 🇨🇳

What 1 Day's Salary Buys in China 🇨🇳 | Dinner for Just $2

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What 1 Day's Salary Buys in China 🇨🇳 | Dinner for Just $2

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0:00

What can one day's salary buy you in

0:02

China?

0:03

I just moved to one of the most

0:05

expensive cities in China.

0:07

Today, I'm using what most people in

0:10

this city make in a day.

0:12

I'll take that money to a Chinese

0:14

supermarket and see how much I can buy.

0:18

At the end of the day, I'll make myself

0:21

a dinner for just $2.

0:23

Let's see how far one day's income can

0:25

really go.

0:44

Hi, I'm Zaza. Living alone in China's

0:47

most expensive city, Shenzhen.

0:54

Here, most people make around $1,100

0:58

a month.

1:00

So, today, we're heading to the

1:02

supermarket to see, with one day's

1:05

income, about $36,

1:07

what can that actually buy you?

1:18

At the end, compare it with your side.

1:22

Whose daily income stretches further at

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the supermarket?

1:36

Lately, parlor big crafts have become

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really popular among young people.

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Roughly $2 per hour.

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If there's something similar back in

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your country.

2:47

Everything in this section is one yuan,

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about 15 cents.

3:36

>> [music]

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>> from the shopping center.

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She's the

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one who taught me

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Is that a pistol?

7:51

>> Look, this is everything that day's

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salary can buy.

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All right, time to unpack the haul.

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Let's see what 36 bucks actually got us.

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A total of 21 items. That's the

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purchasing power of one day's salary.

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How does it compare to where you're

9:01

from?

9:15

>> [snorts]

9:32

>> Yesterday you were telling me about the

9:34

blue blue sky. All that

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I can see is just a little tree. I'm

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turning my head up and down. I'm

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turning, turning, turning, turning,

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turning around.

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Dum dum dum dum.

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Look at this sofa I bought on a second

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hand site.

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Guess how much it cost.

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$40. Such a steal, right?

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Ah.

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Too tired.

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And all that I can't see is just a lemon

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tree. Woo. Time to make dinner. Let's

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go.

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Hello.

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Now let's take a look at the typical

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dinner for one married people here.

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With a $2 budget, this is what you get.

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>> [singing]

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[singing]

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>> Since I bought this mic, and now I'm

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totally hooked on singing.

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>> You are my heart.

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You are my heart.

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>> Oh.

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Ooh.

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Ooh.

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>> This is my $2 dinner tonight.

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Time to pick a TV drama to enjoy

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alongside my meal.

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>> [snorts]

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[snorts]

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[sighs]

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Zaza, a resident of Shenzhen, China, explores the local cost of living by testing how much she can purchase with a single day's average income of $36. She documents her shopping trip, buys second-hand furniture, and demonstrates how to prepare a dinner for just $2.