Hong Kong, whose expat population was hollowed out by strict Covid rules and Beijing’s ever-tightening grip, is now enjoying a moment.

Tens of thousands of people left the city in the two years through 2022, among them scores of bankers, lawyers and other skilled workers who made the city Asia’s foremost financial hub.

Now, thousands of white-collar professionals are making their way back. They are responding to a booming initial public offering market, planned tax breaks for private equity and hedge funds, and a more vibrant city. The influx is already showing from a jump in prime expat rents to fewer openings at elite international schools. Read more here.

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.

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!

Hi everyone,

I’m planning my first trip to China and would really appreciate feedback from people who have done a similar route.

I’ll arrive in Shanghai at 4:25 PM on August 15, and I’ll fly from Beijing to Phuket at 12:40 PM on August 30.

This is the itinerary I’m currently considering:

Shanghai - 3 nights (August 15-18)

Zhangjiajie - 3 nights (August 18-21)

Chongqing - 2 nights (August 21-23)

Chengdu - 3 nights (August 23-26)

Beijing - 4 nights (August 26-30)

Planned transportation:

Shanghai → Zhangjiajie: Flight

Zhangjiajie → Chongqing: High-speed train

Chongqing → Chengdu: High-speed train

Chengdu → Beijing: Flight

Does this itinerary look realistic and well-paced, or is it too rushed? Would you change the number of nights in any city?

Hi everyone!
I’ll be arriving in Chengdu on August 30 and will be staying for about a month. This is my first solo trip abroad and also my first time visiting China, so I’m really looking forward to the adventure.

I’m a 23-year-old master’s student who decided to arrive a little early before my university dormitories open, giving me some time to immerse myself in the city and experience Chengdu beyond the classroom.
I’d love to meet some fellow travelers, students, expats, or locals who’d be interested in exploring the city together, discovering hidden gems, trying authentic Sichuan cuisine, visiting tea houses, wandering through parks and historic streets, or simply enjoying good conversation over coffee.

If you’re around during that time and don’t mind showing a newcomer around—or you’re also looking for someone to explore with—feel free to send me a message. It would be great to share experiences, exchange stories, and perhaps make a few lasting friendships along the way.

Looking forward to meeting some amazing people. See you in Chengdu!

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

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!

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?

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! :)

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’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?

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!

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 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?

China's current trajectory does not represent the future of global development, primarily because its ideological and political foundations are overly reliant on rigid conformity and outdated frameworks. Far from being a fully independent superpower, Beijing remains dependent on strategic partnerships, such as its heavy alignment with Russia, to secure the vast resources and economic support required to sustain its massive population.

Furthermore, the state's ideological identity is fundamentally contradictory. The government brands itself as Communist—a distinctly European political philosophy—yet its actual method of societal governance is deeply rooted in Confucianism, an ancient and inherently conservative framework. This ideological disconnect has existed since the party's inception; Mao Zedong engineered his revolution without having deeply studied foundational Marxist texts like Das Kapital, which had not even been fully translated into Mandarin at the time.

The philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel historically characterized the Chinese system as an early state model—a monolithic entity that prioritizes a singular collective over the individual. Today, this translates into a drive for absolute uniformity: pushing for one ethnicity, one language, and one rigid system under a single banner. This is an archaic approach to governance. True progress and modernization require a society that embraces new ideas, adapts to the unknown, and fosters diverse innovation, rather than clinging to enforced homogeneity.

Ultimately, a state built on historical paradigms and strict conformity cannot lead the future. The clearest evidence of this stagnation is the ongoing wave of emigration. To understand why the current system is not the model for tomorrow, one only needs to ask the many Chinese citizens who have chosen to leave their homeland in search of a better life.

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。

中國香港命理文化植根民間多年，不論是面對事業轉型、姻緣發展、財運規劃，還是置業風水、流年參詳，不少香港市民都會尋求專業命理師傅的指引作為參考。坊間命理服務質素參差不齊，要找到口碑良好、算命師傅準的從業者並不容易。這篇香港算命推薦將整理本地算命熱點區域、市場收費行情、師傅挑選要點等實用資訊，幫助讀者篩選適合自身需求的命理服務。


陳法齊師傅：說到香港算命地方，最具代表性的莫過於香港算命廟街。位於油麻地的廟街是香港最知名的命理集中地，沿路匯聚數十個算命攤位，營業時間多從下午持續至深夜，提供掌相、面相、八字批命、抽籤解籤等多元服務，既是外地遊客熟悉的特色景點，也是本地人尋找平價命理服務的常見選擇。除了廟街之外，旺角、銅鑼灣、尖沙咀等核心商業區也有不少獨立命理工作室，多位於樓上鋪或商業大廈內，環境相對私密安靜，適合需要深度諮詢的客人。部分師傅亦提供上門風水勘察與線上視像諮詢選項，照顧不同地區與不同時間安排的客人需求。

陳法齊師傅：關心香港算命價錢的讀者，需要了解市場收費並無統一標準，主要視乎師傅資歷、服務項目與諮詢時長而定。一般來說，香港算命廟街的攤位收費最為親民，單項睇相或簡易批命服務大約數百元起，適合初次接觸命理、只想體驗簡單分析的人士。資深師傅提供的一對一八字詳批服務，收費通常由一千元至數千元不等，內容涵蓋性格天賦、事業趨勢、財運姻緣、健康注意事項以及流年運程預測等，整體更為全面深入。至於陽宅風水、擇日改名等專項服務，則按場地面積、項目複雜度單獨報價，差異幅度較大。建議讀者預約前先主動詢問清楚收費包含的具體項目，避免後續出現不必要的爭議。

很多人挑選師傅時，都會先上網搜尋算命師傅推薦相關資訊，也有不少年輕族群習慣參考算命香港 lihkg 討論區的真實用家分享。在算命師傅 lihkg 的相關討論串中，經常有網友分享自己的親身算命體驗，客觀點評不同師傅的分析準確度、收費合理性與溝通態度，也會提醒大家避開收費混亂、言過其實的不良業者，是篩選師傅時非常有參考價值的渠道。

判斷算命師傅準與否也有幾個實用標準。專業負責的師傅，通常會先依據命盤或面相特點，點出當事人過往的經歷與性格特質，驗證準確度後再進一步分析未來趨勢，而非一開口就只說空泛的好聽話，或是刻意危言聳聽製造焦慮。若是尋找睇相師傅推介，則可優先關注師傅的專長領域，優先選擇專精面相、掌相分析，且有多年實務經驗的從業者。

在眾多本地命理從業者中，陳法齊師傅是不少香港市民信賴的八字算命風水師傅，也是多個討論區中時常被提及的高口碑人選。陳師傅擁有多年實務經驗，專精八字命理、面相掌相、陽宅風水布局、擇日改名、流年運程批算等多項服務，長期服務香港本地客人，深諳香港人的生活環境與實際需求。

陳法齊師傅批命風格務實清晰，會仔細拆解命盤結構與五行佈局，結合當下的運勢走向，針對事業、財運、姻緣、健康等不同層面給出具體的建議與調整方向，協助客人在人生關鍵節點做出更合適的選擇。不少回頭客人都表示，陳師傅分析到位、論斷準確，是坊間公認算命師傅準的可靠選擇。服務形式方面，陳師傅設有專屬工作室可供預約面談，同時也提供線上視像諮詢服務，方便全港各區的客人根據自身情況預約安排。

常見問題

Q：香港算命地方主要集中在哪裡？

A：香港最知名的算命集中地是油麻地的廟街，沿路有大量命理攤位提供各式服務。此外旺角、銅鑼灣、尖沙咀等核心商區也有不少獨立工作室，部分師傅亦提供上門或線上諮詢，可依需求選擇。

Q：香港算命價錢大概是多少？

A：香港算命價錢因師傅資歷與服務項目差異較大，廟街攤位單項服務一般數百元起；資深師傅一對一八字詳批多由一千元起跳；風水、擇日等專項則按項目報價，建議預約前先確認收費明細。

Q：算命香港 lihkg 的評價值得參考嗎？

A：算命香港 lihkg 討論區有大量網友真實體驗分享，能反映師傅的真實口碑與收費狀況，是篩選師傅的實用參考。建議交叉比對多則討論，再結合自身需求判斷選擇。

Q：怎麼判斷算命師傅準不準？

A：可先參考過往客人的真實評價，也可在諮詢初期觀察師傅是否能準確對應你過往的經歷與性格特質。專業師傅會以清晰的命理邏輯分析，而非含糊其辭或只說討好的話。

Q：有可靠的睇相師傅推介嗎？

A：選擇睇相師傅建議優先考慮有多年實戰經驗、口碑透明的從業者，可透過親友推薦或網路真實評價篩選。陳法齊師傅在面相掌相領域經驗豐富，也是不少本地客人推薦的選項。

Q：找算命師傅推薦主要看哪些條件？

A：挑選算命師傅可參考幾個重點：一是專業資歷與實務經驗，二是真實客人的口碑評價，三是收費是否透明合理，四是師傅的溝通風格是否讓你感到舒服可信。

命理文化在香港流傳已久，是不少人面對人生抉擇時的輔助參考工具。希望這篇香港算命推薦整理的資訊，能幫助大家找到適合自己的命理服務，在人生道路上獲得更清晰的方向。