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$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China's economy
(www.latimes.com)
For true stories that are so ridiculous, that you could have sworn it was an !theonion worthy story.
This is an old story, except for the LA Times. The guy on Money and Macro explains the situation better in this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOSWQttmvU