感歎啊，十幾年前zz剛到美國來的時候，衣帽鞋襪，床單被褥，甚至柴米油鹽，恨不得把雖有東西能搬的都搬到美國來, 回去的時候也就是給老人帶兩瓶魚油鈣片兒。現在同胞們來的時候都是空手來，然後去Samsonite買兩個大箱子，再去outlet買一堆衣服包包，化妝品，營養品，果仁兒，奶粉，小電器，嬰兒用品，最誇張的是Costco拎兩桶橄欖油帶回去, 櫻桃又大又甜又便宜，可惜不讓帶, 大別墅又大又涼快又便宜，可惜帶不走。lol... 最近聽到見到無數的國人在美國買房子買地，把孩子送到美國來讀中學大學。。。
Two thoughts:
1. (Some) people in China are undoubtedly getting richer, or I should say, to be more precise, that numerically they are making more money than before.
2. Timewise, they live better than before for sure, but do they really feel this way, after seeing water deep fire hot of American life?
Now after seeing each and every side of the coin back and forth for many times, I humbly observed that Americans are by and large more content and living a happier life than the Chinese, and, from a not so wild speculation, so are most Europeans and even the Japanese for that matter, during 3 decades of economic stagnation if not contraction.
I used to think it's not the absolute wealth but the relative change of the well-beings that matters the most to people's perception of happiness. What's wrong with this picture?
