If not for capitalism we'd all be queueing up for hours in the public hospitals. Now we have choices. Capitalism says if you want a different service you have to pay for it. That it brings society into lust for money is the unsurprising consequence however.

Calmette Hospital (昆明甘美国际医院) :
www.gokunming.com/[...]

On Beijing Lu, diagonally opposite from the North Walmart.

Finding hospital for birth is a personal choice for a significant life event. Good idea to be informed of different options.

I wasn't suggesting that any listener would be persuaded to change their views, i just meant it to get them off your back, showing it's a cultural difference. "You guys are afraid of getting cold, us guys are not."

The fact that many Chinese people 'fear getting cold' presumably remains from a time when there was less medicine available, and getting sick was potentially more serious. Perhaps a method could be to reassure a concerned local that you do not fear the cold, and on such a warm day there is no need to fear the cold!

I have been one of those annoyed parents, i can sympathise. But what do you think is the motivation of those locals who comment about lack of sufficient clothes? Medically accurate or not, they sincerely believe the child could get sick, so what do they do? Maybe a Westerner would ignore the situation ("if they don't know how to care for their child, serves them right when the baby gets sick"). But the Chinese person speaks up with concern. Perhaps annoying, but quite sweet when you reflect about it.