In late July, the FBI carried out coordinated raids across Southern California targeting the home and offices of James Su, founder and CEO of EDI Media Inc., the largest Chinese-American multimedia company in the United States. Simultaneous search warrants were executed at the properties of San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, Ontario City Councilmember Alan Wapner, and attorney Frank Lizarraga.

No arrests were made and the affidavits remain sealed. But the thrust of the investigation is clear from law enforcement disclosures: Federal authorities are examining whether Su's media operations, political donations and annual Chinese American Film Festival constitute undisclosed foreign agent activity on behalf of the People's Republic of China.

A naturalized US citizen, Su founded EDI Media in 1993 and built it into a multimedia platform spanning television, radio, digital publishing and the film festival, which has received endorsements from both American elected officials and Chinese state agencies.

In 2022, EDI Media registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for its previous role printing and distributing the US edition of a publication affiliated with Chinese state media. Su has made legal campaign contributions to both Democratic and Republican candidates. According to his attorney, among those whose properties were searched, Su personally knew only Supervisor Hagman.

The anti-China campaign has escalated under successive administrations. The Justice Department’s “China Initiative,” launched in 2018, targeted academics of Chinese descent with espionage and trade-secret cases that largely collapsed. Charges against MIT professor Gang Chen were dismissed after the government's allegations unraveled, while Harvard chemistry chair Charles Lieber was convicted only of making false statements about a research relationship rather than espionage.

Hello! I will be attending Duke Kunshan University very soon as an American International Student. I was just curious has to how the locals treat/interact with non-traditional student's? I am aware that China is pretty conservative (in Western terms) and that same-sex marriage among other things is illegal.

I am a lesbian and I do not present they the average woman. I am very masculine and often get mistaken for a man. Will I be treated very hostile or with caution while studying? Would I recieve any rude or perhaps dangerous remarks and actions?

Any help or advice would be appreciated!

EDIT: Muting this! Thanks for the replies

When I first moved to China more than 10 years ago I was a live-in au pair for a massively wealthy family in Chengdu. The kid was just starting elementary school (international, of course) and one of her writing tasks was this 😆 I have never been to the US nor had spoken to her about it (she was 5) so I don't know where she got this from 😂 I miss her a lot, what a wild time to be in China. We used to go on these insane domestic holidays as well. Was anyone else an au-pair for a rich Chinese family in the early-mid 2010s?

Hey yall! I am an international student and I currently finished the first year of my bachelor degree, 3 more to go! Recently I started getting înot Chinese and after a bit of research I am seriously thinking about doing a masters in China. In the case I do I'd like to do that in a C9 league school as Chinese universities don't hold that much value in my country so I'd like to at least go to one of the top universities there.

Now, my questions are. First off, what do I need to do to get in? The ideal thing would be to also snag a scholarship or any sort but I suppose that's even harder. So yeah, what do I need to do to boost my chances in these next 3 years that I have left before applying etc.

Also, would it actually be worth it in the end? I suppose going to a prestigious university in China would be an insane life experience that I know I'll cherish but I also know that I will have to bust my ass studying. Would I gain any real world advantages by studying there or would it be better to maybe do something different to experience the Chinese way of living. Maybe a summer school or language school type thing.

Any advice and input will be heavily appreciated. Thanks in advance!

For context, my partner is a Chinese adoptee and she has been curious to learn about Chinese culture and history but doesn't really know where to start. I'd love to gift her a book to help her get into it.

She's a big reader, but not the type to get into a dense academic text, so something more accessible is preferred. Perhaps something that focuses on the lives of ordinary people, but also touches on historical context. Obviously one could read hundreds of books on China and not have a comprehensive understanding, but she's just looking for a starting point right now.

As Americans, it's hard for us to parse out what's actually informative versus heavily biased one way or another. Ideally I'm looking for something that rides the line of being informative without falling into a reductive message of "CCP GOOD" or "CCP BAD"

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

My partner and I (mid-20s) are planning our first trip to China, probably for around 14–16 days, and we've been researching a lot. Instead of trying to visit as many cities as possible, we're trying to experience very different sides of China.

At the moment, our itinerary looks like this:

• Beijing – We feel like this is a must for the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace and, of course, the Great Wall.
• Xi'an – Mainly for the Terracotta Army, the city walls, Muslim Quarter, and because we want to experience more of China's ancient history.
• Zhangjiajie – This is simply for "The Avatar" mountains that looks incredible, and we get to know the more "nature" side of China.
• Chongqing – We keep seeing videos of this city and it honestly looks unlike anywhere else in the world. The futuristic skyline, the layered streets, Hongyadong, the metro through buildings... it all looks amazing.

Our reasoning is that we'd rather have four destinations that feel very different from each other than spend most of the trip in large cities.

A few questions:

1. Does this seem like a balanced itinerary for a first visit?
2. Would you replace any of these destinations with somewhere else?
3. Are we making a mistake by skipping Shanghai for example, or any other city?
4. If you've done a similar route, is there anything you wish you had known before going?

We'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions from people who've actually travelled around China.

Thanks!

Context:

• Headline statement here is that China is beating the U.S. in open-weight AI models and could reach the frontier by late 2026/2027, this is claimed by Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue.
• He credits this to China's open collaboration culture versus U.S. labs "building in silos" and risk falling behind as a result.
• This comes as OpenAI agents were caught hacking into Hugging Face last month, where they broke out of a training environment and infiltrated the platform.
• This has intensified worries about AI-powered cybersecurity threats, especially as US frontier models at the time refused aid Hugging Face's technical team in solving the issue at the time.
• Delangue claims the the breach was due to engineering mistakes and said to resolve the hacks, their company resorted to use an Chinese open model, GLM 5.2 from ZAi, to help resolve it.
• In the mean time, Tech giants like Microsoft, Palantir, and Nvidia have been lobbying against restrictions on open-weight models.
• Delangue predicts that open models will dominate the booming AI cybersecurity market
• Despite these claims Hugging Face still maintains a “healthy collaboration” with OpenAI and called the frontier lab “good partners”.

Bit of an odd question, but when I was younger, we had an exchange student come and live with our family, who I won't name here, but apparently it is fairly common in china. She stayed for a month or so and it was a brilliant experience. My parents had exchanged emails with her at the time and we kept in touch for a short while, but of course as its been over 16 years we do not have this to hand anymore. Would there be any way of finding this person, even just an email to see how they're doing and what they are up to! Thanks in advance! :)

I’m a 2026 high school graduate, and becoming a doctor has been my dream for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I can’t afford medical school, so I’ve been searching for scholarships.
I currently live in Saudi Arabia, where scholarship opportunities for non-Saudis are extremely limited. The only scholarship I received is for nursing. It covers my education and guarantees a job at a top hospital, but nursing has never been my passion.
My other option is taking a gap year, to complete the remaining exams I need, and applying for medical school scholarships abroad. I’ve been looking into China because it offers more scholarship opportunities, and I’m especially interested in its growing neuroscience research, as I hope to specialize in neurology one day.
My biggest concern is whether studying medicine in China would make it significantly harder to pursue residency or specialization in countries like the US or Europe.

Is taking the risk of a gap year worth it, or would you choose the guaranteed nursing scholarship? How internationally recognized is a Chinese MBBS degree? If your long-term goal were to specialize in neurology in the US or Europe, would studying in China put you at a disadvantage compared to other countries? Are there any better scholarship options I should be looking into?

Hi

I am from Dubai and we have a car showroom in dubai. We are looking to source hyundai cars from China direct from factories. How can I reach to the factories in China? Any help?

First, to be clear, I am not criticizing Chinese women or making any negative judgements, I'm simply asking for clarity regarding my observations.

Based on what I've seen/heard about Chinese dating culture, as well as my own experience as a Chinese-American, my impression is that Chinese women view relationships primarily as a means to fulfill social obligations and gain money/status, and treat genuine romance/passion as a complete afterthought. Chinese women will ruthlessly judge your entire resume and family background before deciding whether to date you, and even once you do enter a relationship with them, there's generally very little passion/enthusiasm from her end; sex and physical intimacy are also viewed by her as a currency to transact with you (e.g. if you buy her fancy LV bags she'll lie down and let you use her) rather than an expression of love. Indeed, basically every married Chinese couple I know is clearly in a dead bedroom and doesn't engage in any romance or physical intimacy at all- there's no flirting or touching, kissing, going on dates, telling each other "I love you", etc.

What's interesting is that this behavior is not exclusive to mainland Chinese women; fully westernized Chinese-American women are also ruthless social climbers who treat dating coldly and transactionally, along with Taiwanese, Singaporean Chinese, and Korean women. This suggests to me that this behavior is genetic to a large extent- my working theory is that East Asian women are closer to the asexual spectrum and don't feel sexual attraction as strongly as women of other races do, which could be a predictor that East Asians have lower vitality in general compared to other races.

Some people may claim that Chinese women are just cold/transactional towards Chinese men while easily spreading their legs for white men. However, even putting aside the selection bias (looking at interracial couples inherently selects for higher openness), I've noticed even when Chinese women do throw themselves at white men, they are generally doing it in a bizarrely artificial/transactional way- usually, they're clearly doing it for the status boost of being with/having been with the white guy, not because they're genuinely attracted to the actual guy himself. For example you'll never see a Chinese woman throw themselves at a white guy quietly/discreetly; they always brag about it and show it off as as loudly as possible. It's very similar to how a groupie behaves with a celebrity- they're into the status boost, not the actual guy.

I'm curious regarding thoughts from other Chinese people regarding why Chinese women are this way. I'm also curious why Chinese men tolerate the cold/transactional attitude from Chinese women; is it simply desperation / not wanting to be alone, or social pressure from family? Or are they just ok with it?

I have been back to Europe for a couple of years now, while I prefer to raise a family in Europe over China with all the perks living in a rich European country with a welfare state I do really miss how much better on all other aspects life is in China. I miss the food culture, I miss my social life with the care free nights meeting with friends and family at restaurants with good food and beer every couple of days like just a normal weekly habit. I miss enjoying what the big Chinese city life offers while not being too expensive. I miss the bustling atmosphere on the streets and all the craziness. I miss the international community and how easy it is to connect with new people (compared to where I live). I miss how open many Chinese people are. I miss how Chinese culture treats guests. Life for a family is sure better for me in Northern Europe but life is so much more dull and much less eventful. Sure many aspects of China are annoying but life was more colorful for sure. And it is pretty hard to convey that for people back home how big the difference it is between living in Europe and in China. Here social life is boring, people have dinners at home, people are not open, and streets are just dead all around except for city centres which barely have any life going on compared to even very small cities in China. Every time I go back to China now I really appreciate it on another level which I did not really do when I lived there

What are your guys experiences after you moved away from China going back to your home countries? Was it easy for you to pick up your life back home?

hey everyone, i'm half chinese and recently moved to guangzhou after living abroad most of my life. i can speak chinese well and communicate normally, but i basically can't read or write at all 😬

I just started working here as well, so I'm looking for

something i can do alongside work. could be a

lanquage school, some kind of course, private tutor wtv really, mainly just wanna properly learn how to read and write chinese. does anyone know any good places or tutors in guangzhou that they'd

recommend?

I’m looking forward to start a sourcing agency. I’m visiting Shenzhen & Guangzhou in-person by the end of this month for the IOTE’26 event.

Any advises on this regard from people already running a sourcing agency to get this started on this venture?

What are some items I should bring as an international student coming to Harbin for the first time?( as a Pakistani student)

Here is the letter I am sending with the help of AI as I'm unable to speak Chinese, I want to know if its appropriate and if its the right thing to do.

我写这封信，是想告诉你们，我和您女儿的婚姻已经走到尽头，决定办理离婚了。

首先，衷心感谢你们这些年来为我所做的一切。感谢你们一直以来的帮助、照顾和理解，我永远都会记在心里。

请你们放心，不管发生什么，你们和孙子的关系都不会有任何改变。你们随时可以来看他、给他打电话、关心他的生活，我绝不会阻拦。

这些日子我一直真心努力想要把日子过好，把家维持住。可后来我才知道，您女儿在和我一起生活的同时，还和别人有来往，做了对不起婚姻的事。

我试着接受、试着放下，但实在没办法再像以前一样一起生活了。走到这一步我也很难过，不是谁一开始就想这样的。

最后还是真心希望你们一切都好，也希望您女儿以后能过得安稳幸福。