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Meet the moonlight clan: Young Taiwanese who spend all they earn
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The term yue guang zu (moonlight clan), describes those, especially the younger crowd, who spend their entire wages by the end of each month.
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TAIPEI – Every month, Taiwanese advertising sales executive Chloe Chen visits a local spa to get a facial and her eyelash extensions refreshed.
If she feels extra indulgent, the 24-year-old opts for a pedicure with the works – sea salt foot scrub, leg massage, sparkly nail art.
