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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d absolutely let my child go. My friend came with my family to Morocco when we were 14. We had a wonderful month of exploring!  Way more “developing” than China. [/quote]

Your ignorance is showing. Go and educate yourself about China.
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Morocco is poorer than large parts of China and Morocco also has cultural issues I'd be slightly more uncomfortable with than in China.

OP. we are an expat family living in the Middle East and lived in Hong Kong in the past. I only mention this to indicate that we've seen a lot of the world. I'd be ok with a 13 year old kid spending three weeks in China (plus a week in Japan) with good friends of the family that I trusted. Just stay on top of the health requirements. China is pretty safe internally, especially as long as you spend all your time with a well off Chinese family. Shanghai is very westernized, especially in the old French Concession area. At your son's age I would have been thrilled to have had this opportunity because I loved travelling and seeing new places. Other types of kids wouldn't enjoy it at all, but it seems like your son is serious about this opportunity given the presentation he made.[/quote]

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