But that’s because, in average, Chinese parents always want the top for the kid. Private school, private afterschool, piano lessons, other stuff.
I know many Chinese parents that are living paycheck to paycheck because they need (want) to pay for all the private education because they need to prove that their kid has no wasted potential.
In contrast, for example, we Italians we are “public school sucks but it’s free so that’s ok for the kid”