When it comes to shopping, Americans love it. After having a long week at work, Americans love spending their money going to shopping malls, buy groceries and dine at a expensive restaurants. I feel like Chinese are the same way when it comes to shopping. After all, shopping is a fun activity and one should reward themselves after working hard. My question is how much do you usually spend when you go shopping? and what do you usually shop for?

Both the Chinese and Americans talked about how to shop (online vs stores, money and credit cards). The Americans focused more on the the things they bought while shopping than the Chinese students. The Chinese students talked more about the shopping experience (it’s crazy, being picky). Do the Chinese often make impulse purchases or do they only buy what they were planning on getting before the went out?

中国人并不是所有人都会冲动购物，就我了解而言，大多数人出去购物一般会有计划当然也不排除购买计划之外的东西，但我觉得那并不属于冲动购物：然后就我们学生而言，出去购物一般是购买生活用品或者就是零食之类的东西，有时候也会逛逛衣服什么的，至于购物支出那得视情况视个人而看，毕竟大家的消费能力存在差距。然后我发现中国学生和外国学生谈到购物都提到了钱，但是外国学生提到了CK之类的潮牌还有表，我觉得还是存在差异的。然后我想问为什么有美国同学觉得购物是浪费呢？

我觉得无论是中国学生还是美国学生在购物方面都注重于物质方面，购物除了满足我们的衣食住行之外，还可以满足我们的精神文化需求，比如买书、词典等文化刊物。

在我看来我们购物不会选择昂贵但沒有用的东西，一般来说我们购物都是买对自已有用的东西。就比如说买一些书籍来拓宽自己的知识面。那你们购物是为了什么？

我购物主要看自身需要，有些人注重实用性，有些注重外观，有些注重品牌，更多人讲究物美价廉。

I usually shop for clothes when I go shopping, but I also love to shop for technologies. Online shopping is very popular here in America, A lot people now shop online for clothes, shoes and books. Is online shopping popular in China?

I observed, that in both the responses, “online shopping” and “clothes” were really popular answers, showing that the process is pretty universal and similar everywhere.

I wonder if shopping in China is expensive or cheap?

顺应时代的潮流，世界各地的移动购物和社交媒体正在日趋发展，人们为了方便和节省时间很多时候会选择网购，所以网购在中国也是很流行的。但相对部分发达国家来说，中国的网购消费又相对较低。

很多人会认为一分价钱一分货，所以出门购物喜欢买贵的东西。然而这也不是绝对的，每个国家或者是地区的经济发展状况是不同的，物价也是大不相同，同样的东西在不同的城市可能价钱也大不相同。所以在中国购物要根据自身的需要而定，如果是简单的生活用品可以选择便宜一点的，其他的可以选择贵一点点的。