Champagne-swilling. Ferrari-driving. Black Card-toting. Four thousand dollar weekend shopping sprees at Barneys. That’s the media’s portrayal of the Chinese teenager who’s come to the U.S. to attend college. It’s something right out of the pages of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” – making the life of a college student sound glamorous, if not envious.
But is that really what Chinese students studying abroad are like?