The infamous 996 is real - 9am to 9pm six days per week
As opposed to… totally not being real in the US?
Technically it’s mostly illegal in China, though of course various companies get around that. Average workweek in China is apparently 44.6 hours. This data is far from ideal, as the website itself points out, but at least it gives us some general idea.
According to this source, the Chinese work considerably longer hours than Americans. However, it should also be noted that workers in China get a lot more national holidays and better social protections than workers in the US.
On average american salary is 3 times higher
And everything is on average 6x more expensive. Made up number, but from what I’ve seen the actual one may be higher.
In China, you can eat every meal at a restaurant for as little as 5 USD a day. In the US you may be making 3x more money, but the same food would cost you closer to 75 USD, which is 15 times more expensive.
No tips included, since tipping doesn’t exist outside of burgerland.
Chinese take on much higher health risk from rare earth metals and manufacturing etc. to subsidize this pricing
They mine it for companies all over the planet, including American ones. Everybody buys rare earths from China either because they’re the cheapest or because they’re the only ones available. It’s not like China gets them cheap and the US has to pay 20x more due to safety regulations. Everybody buys them from China for cheap, regardless of their own safety laws.
I think Chinese EVs are awesome but I’d rather pay higher american sticker price but actually lower real cost.
What ‘real cost’ are you referring to here? American cars, not just EVs, are so expensive that almost nobody can afford them. In my country a BYD Dolphin Surf costs 50% less than the cheapest competing car, while still offering better range. How can it be cheaper to buy a more expensive car that performs worse?
As opposed to… totally not being real in the US?
Technically it’s mostly illegal in China, though of course various companies get around that. Average workweek in China is apparently 44.6 hours. This data is far from ideal, as the website itself points out, but at least it gives us some general idea.
According to this source, the Chinese work considerably longer hours than Americans. However, it should also be noted that workers in China get a lot more national holidays and better social protections than workers in the US.
And everything is on average 6x more expensive. Made up number, but from what I’ve seen the actual one may be higher.
In China, you can eat every meal at a restaurant for as little as 5 USD a day. In the US you may be making 3x more money, but the same food would cost you closer to 75 USD, which is 15 times more expensive.
No tips included, since tipping doesn’t exist outside of burgerland.
They mine it for companies all over the planet, including American ones. Everybody buys rare earths from China either because they’re the cheapest or because they’re the only ones available. It’s not like China gets them cheap and the US has to pay 20x more due to safety regulations. Everybody buys them from China for cheap, regardless of their own safety laws.
What ‘real cost’ are you referring to here? American cars, not just EVs, are so expensive that almost nobody can afford them. In my country a BYD Dolphin Surf costs 50% less than the cheapest competing car, while still offering better range. How can it be cheaper to buy a more expensive car that performs worse?