{"id":164548,"date":"2013-10-26T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T23:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=164548"},"modified":"2013-10-26T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T03:49:12","slug":"chinese-save-defensively-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Save ‘Defensively’ for Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tea Leaf Nation’s Liz Carter \u00a0and ChinaFile present a humorous infographic by Sohu Finance which suggests that Chinese people save “defensively” for increasingly expensive life events including \u00a0getting married, having children, affording college, and buying a home<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

China is known for saving money, and as China has become wealthier, the household savings rate has\u00a0increased<\/a>. China\u2019s personal saving rate has\u00a0risen<\/a>\u00a0steadily since the mid-90s, and now\u00a0exceeds<\/a>\u00a050%, much higher than\u00a0Germany<\/a>\u2019s 10% \u2013 considered high among developed countries \u2013 and more than ten times the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u2019 saving rate (which is\u00a0falling<\/a>) of 4.6%.<\/p>\n

Experts have cited China\u2019s\u00a0transition<\/a>\u00a0to a market economy, which has meant a\u00a0drop<\/a>\u00a0in individuals\u2019 income security, as one reason Chinese save despite the country\u2019s economic growth. But the high cost of living, even in third-tier cities, also plays a role.<\/p>\n

The below infographic, created by SOHU Finance, offers a humorous but revealing take on this serious issue. It breaks down China\u2019s \u201cdefensive saving,\u201d showing just how quickly a major life milestone \u2013 like marrying or having a child \u2013 can drain the average Chinese household\u2019s bank account.[Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tea Leaf Nation’s Liz Carter \u00a0and ChinaFile present a humorous infographic by Sohu Finance which suggests that Chinese people save “defensively” for increasingly expensive life events including \u00a0getting married, having children, affording college, and buying a home: China is known for saving money, and as China has become wealthier, the household savings rate has\u00a0increased. China\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"featured_media":164551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,14744,14745,14746,5],"tags":[3599,4582,2453,7556],"class_list":["post-164548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-society","tag-economic-planning","tag-financial-planning","tag-lifestyle","tag-savings","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nChinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tea Leaf Nation’s Liz Carter \u00a0and ChinaFile present a humorous infographic by Sohu Finance which suggests that Chinese people save “defensively” for increasingly expensive life events including \u00a0getting married, having children, affording college, and buying a home: China is known for saving money, and as China has become wealthier, the household savings rate has\u00a0increased. China\u2019s […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natalie Ornell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Natalie Ornell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Natalie Ornell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/cf027b90455e81f6db9dc9cbc96bf9dd\"},\"headline\":\"Chinese Save ‘Defensively’ for Milestones\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"economic planning\",\"financial planning\",\"lifestyle\",\"savings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"Level 2 Article\",\"Level 3 Article\",\"Level 4 Article\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\",\"name\":\"Chinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chinese Save ‘Defensively’ for Milestones\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/cf027b90455e81f6db9dc9cbc96bf9dd\",\"name\":\"Natalie Ornell\",\"description\":\"Natalie Ornell is a Master's student in Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. She completed her undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies and English at Wellesley College. At Wellesley, she freelanced for an immigrant-focused newspaper in Boston's Chinatown, the Sampan, and also interned as a reporter at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. She currently serves as an Ambassador for the television program, LinkAsia, in San Francisco. You can read her blog on Asia-related events at UC Berkeley by visiting http:\/\/asiaberkeley.tumblr.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/nornell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones","og_description":"Tea Leaf Nation’s Liz Carter \u00a0and ChinaFile present a humorous infographic by Sohu Finance which suggests that Chinese people save “defensively” for increasingly expensive life events including \u00a0getting married, having children, affording college, and buying a home: China is known for saving money, and as China has become wealthier, the household savings rate has\u00a0increased. China\u2019s […]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":225,"height":225,"url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Natalie Ornell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Natalie Ornell","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/"},"author":{"name":"Natalie Ornell","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/cf027b90455e81f6db9dc9cbc96bf9dd"},"headline":"Chinese Save ‘Defensively’ for Milestones","datePublished":"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/"},"wordCount":192,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg","keywords":["economic planning","financial planning","lifestyle","savings"],"articleSection":["Economy","Level 2 Article","Level 3 Article","Level 4 Article","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/","name":"Chinese Save 'Defensively' for Milestones","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-26T23:50:39+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-27T03:49:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/saving.jpg","width":225,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinese-save-defensively-milestones\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chinese Save ‘Defensively’ for Milestones"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/cf027b90455e81f6db9dc9cbc96bf9dd","name":"Natalie Ornell","description":"Natalie Ornell is a Master's student in Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. She completed her undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies and English at Wellesley College. At Wellesley, she freelanced for an immigrant-focused newspaper in Boston's Chinatown, the Sampan, and also interned as a reporter at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. She currently serves as an Ambassador for the television program, LinkAsia, in San Francisco. You can read her blog on Asia-related events at UC Berkeley by visiting http:\/\/asiaberkeley.tumblr.com.","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/nornell\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}