South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
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Don’t dream it’s over: mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs, culture
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Mainland Chinese students graduating from Hong Kong universities are increasingly reconsidering staying in the city due to high living costs, language barriers, and cultural differences, with some choosing to return to mainland China instead.
Don’t dream it’s over: mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs, culture
Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home.
Renting a room in the city would consume around half of the HK$20,000 (US$2,552) starting salary she expected as a junior data analyst.
“If I go back to Shanghai, I will only need to worry about daily expenses,” said Chen, a maths and statistics graduate.
Language barriers compounded the problem...
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