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[moondawg]

Sounds like the same consumerism here in the USA, too.

It's similar, but not the same. It might be tempering now that there are more local Chinese brands to choose from that are of increasingly better quality. In China, "consumerism" is one of the only widespread freedoms available to the general populace... so being able to purchase "status" carries much more weight than it does here.