Monday, January 19, 2026

The Cost of Everyday Things in China versus US


This visual, by Julie Peasley, compares the cost of 20+ common items in China and the United States using data from Numbeo, the world’s largest crowdsourced cost-of-living database. 

The chart offers a direct side-by-side view of consumer prices in US dollars, giving insight into which country is more affordable across key spending categories. While the US boasts higher average salaries, China’s everyday living expenses are very low. 

The two biggest things to rock the villagers of Auchinleck in East Ayrshire, Scotland were in 1969 when The Who (their notable hits include “I Can See For Miles”, “Happy Jack”, “My Generation”, “Substitute”) performed there as a warm-up for their historic appearance at the Woodstock music festival, and this year, when the non-league footballers of Auchinleck Talbot played against Celtic in the Scottish Cup fourth round. 

That's right! Yesterday, the sixth-tier minnows did themselves proud when they made the Scottish champions toil before the latter secured a hard-fought 2-0 win. 












Despite Martin O'Neill making 10 changes from the midweek win at Falkirk, it was still a strong Celtic team who took the field. But it took them 33 minutes to open the scoring through Johnny Kenny and then saw the tie over the line after substitute Sebastian Tounekti’s 85th-minute strike. 

Celtic travel to Bologna, Italy on Thursday to play in the Europa League, before facing Hearts at Tynecastle next Sunday.

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