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Education: Top
School Tuition
(2013-2014) Beida
(Peiking)
Annual Tuition:
$4,000~$6,000
Religion:
Christianity
(2013)
87 million
(2015)Harvard
Annual Tuition:
$45,000~$61,000
2015, from
http://english.pkusz.edu.cn/index.php?
m=content&c=index&a=lists&catid=131
Cost of Attendance. (2015). Retrieved
October 22, 2015, from
https://college.harvard.edu/financialaid/how-aid-works/cost-attendance
Religion:
Christianity
(2015)
70.6 percent of
Americans identify
themselves as
Christians.
4. Do you agree that there are more people with a college degree in
China than in America?
5. Do you agree that the standards of beauty for women are the same
in both China and America?
6. Do you agree that American college education tuition is too
expensive?
7. Do you agree that America and China both have the same amount
of religious freedom?
8. Do you agree that Americas SAT is more difficult than Chinas
gaokao (college entrance exams)?
9. Do you agree that America is more religiously diverse than China?
10. Do you agree that both Americans and Chinese people are equally
as attached to social media?
5. Attitude Scale Survey Result with table and link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvnYKpcZkqCV8qfDHeEv2gHcqePGbJauk3pQ7qq7Wcc
/edit?usp=sharing
Attitude scale questions
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
10
12
15
11
25 responses
6. Data Analysis
Our data varies among our responses, for our first question there are equal amount of
respondents who agree and disagree that SATs and Gaokao are more difficult. More respondents
agree that both American and Chinese are equally attached to social media. More respondents
agree that American college tuition are more expensive compared to Chinas. More respondents
disagree that America and China have the same amount of freedom. More respondents agree that
Americas actresses are better paid than Chinas actresses. There are equal amounts of
agreements and disagreements that there are more people with a college degree in China than in
America. More respondents agree that Chinese celebrities can never be as well known as
American celebrities. There are equal amount of disagreement and agreement that the standards
of beauty for women are the same in both China and America. A little more respondents agree
that fast food is more popular in America than in China. The majority of the respondents agree
that America is more religiously diverse than China. Analyzing all the responses, it shows that
plenty of the responders believe that America is a lot more different than China in terms of
money, freedom, publicity, food, and diversity. Maybe it is our biased opinions that our country
is better or that we have not experienced the life in China, but it shows that we view America
better in general compared to China.
7. In-depth Interview Questions
a. What do you think is the most different aspect between Chinese
and American education?
b. Nowaday, westernization is a very prominent process, how do you
think it has impacted Chinese culture? Do you like it or do you think its more
important to preserve local cultures?
c. Recently, China had a red warning for pollution, do you think it
will continue to be a problem in the future for China? Had action be taken to
decrease the amount of CO2 emitted in the air? How has it affected your life now?