The Bottom

Of Chinese society. It doesn't exactly sound hellish, but I'll point out a few things that are interesting:

1) Spends more on cigarettes than food

2) Must own a mortgage to send kid to school

3) Doesn't live with family

In US, there are people with such an arrangement. Truck drivers for instance. Or folks who live far away from work - a trend picking up in the Bay Area where folks live far outside, like 2 hours away from their employment.