[thaumasiotes]

> Not to mention my university was taxpayer funded.

Assuming it was a US university, the Chinese students were paying a special extra-high tuition for international students.

[lkCbdBclE]

I think their point was that it was a public university. At least in my experience, you'll see less (they still exist) obviously wealthy students. It makes the wealthy international students more jarring/juxtaposed.