• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The deadliest famine in human history (that’s what Wikipedia calls it) happened between 1958 and 1962 in China.

    I think all the current generations in mainland are still pretty aware that saving money for a rainy day when the clouds start to accumulate is a good plan.

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      5 months ago

      Also an extremely weak social safety net and a lot of Chinese are still very poor. As in so poor that a cut can realistically mean starving.

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        5 months ago

        There is a lot of consumerism in the younger generations but I’m sure grandma and grandpa are still telling stories. I don’t think there is any culture more anxious to pour cash into real assets like foreign properties.