What are some typical prices for things in large cities of China?

Question

Shanghai etc. In renminbi yuan

Best answer goes to the person with the most variety.

Answer 1

Here are some figures for you:

dozen eggss = 6 rmb
diet coke = 3 rmb
big mac value meal = 17 rmb
One night at the Ritz Carlton = 1300 rmb plus tax.
Sunday brunch at Ritz = 650 rmb, 750 rmb with champagne (worth every cent)
Ticket to see Casino Royale in english on big screen = 80 rmb
North Face Jacket (fake) = 200 rmb
Versace sunglasses (fake) = 15 rmb
Rolex watch (fake) - 20 rmb
Geuine rolex = sky is the limit
Play Station 2 games = 10 rmb
Pirate copy of Casino Royale = 5 rmb
Sam Adams beer = 40 rmb (buy one get free at Blue frog Bars)
Tsingtao beer = (35 rmb in bar) 3.5 rmb in grocery
Sharp Aquos 35 inch LCD TV = 18,000 rmb
Plane ticket to Beijing (Economy)= 1100 rmb (Varies wildly depending on time of year)
4 bedroom house = 40,000 rmb per month rent. to purchase= 5,000,000 in my neighborhood.
tuition to international school = 160,000 rmb per year.
lunch from street vendor = 4 rmb
90 minute oil massage =180 rmb
with happy ending= 220 rmb
night at KTV or sauna with full intercourse= withheld in good taste.
Seeing someone take a piss on the street = free

Answer 2

Wow, Jason S really buys a lot of stuff. Actually, you can get a Diet Coke for about RMB 2 in local grocery markets. Airfare from Shanghai to Beijing can be as much as RMB 2800 (but discounts are often available). All the others are about right. Costs for the following are high: housing in major cities like Shanghai, computers and electronics, and Western imported items. Prices at Carrefour and City Market are higher than in Chinese markets, but there is a wider selection of Western items. Costs for the following are low: street food vendors, fake watches/pens/handbags, local restaurants, bus transportation, newspapers, "massages" at barbershops, and counterfit DVDs/VCDs.

Jason S didn't give us what the night at the KTV - with girl - costs. By the way, it is expensive, too (or so I've been told).

Answer 3

There is no question that China is better off for having at least part of their population prosper. You get a virtuous cycle going: They begin to produce enough food for people to leave the land, the excess labor gets trained and educated, it begins working in services and industry; that leads to innovation and better education and universities, freer markets, economic growth and development, better infrastructure, fewer diseases, and slower population growth. But there are many, many others living outside this cycle. They live in villages or rural areas that only criminals would want to invest in, regions where violence, civil war, and disease compete with one another to see which can ravage the civilian population most.

Answer 4

milk 500rmb