Last letter I forgot to include what was maybe the biggest thing on my mind when I was in China: the stark difference in cost of living, even compared to a smaller American city like Detroit. In places like Shanghai there are luxury malls abound, sure, but you can also live comfortably on much, much less. One teacher I talked to said that they didn’t realize how much financial stress they carried until they started teaching in China and the burden was suddenly lifted. Another teacher called thei...