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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another American in HK (lived in Asia for decades).

- I would recommend your undergrad, provided they exercise good judgement generally (not impulsive) study in Shanghai;
- I would expect some friction at immigration (common for Americans these days given geopolitical, but nothing too crazy more like 10 minutes of questions);
- There are only couple of hundred USA students in China now (this is very sad and bad for the for future relations);
- China & USA have to find a way to coexist;
- This experience will be a valuable life experience & will differentiate;
- The risks: some kind of legal limbo if your kid is posting things political or commits a crime; some kind of encampment if there is WW3 (I view these as very low probability).

Shanghai is an amazing city (Beijing & Taipei also great options for language & Taipei would entail less 'friction').

I also share the sentiments about USA. My half-Asian is a freshman in a USA uni right now and has had one friend deported (not for political reasons) with little due process & his school had an active shooter lockdown (hoax). Off campus he has witnessed serious crime.  Shanghai would be much safer day to day on the street & even politically it seems at the moment (don't hear of any foreign students getting deported from China, we hear about it & have first had knowledge of it in USA). [/quote]

Op here. This is useful, thank you. Dc is not interested in politics so he wouldn’t be posting but he also knows he needs to even watch what he texts, follows online etc. He also knows no drugs (even before he arrives), careful with drinking etc. He’s adventurous in terms of wanting to experience other cultures, but he’s also a rule follower.

Taipei would be great if his focus was just language acquisition (he studied Taiwanese mandarin/learned how to write traditional for years) but unfortunately he’s also specific program focused and Shanghai is his top choice [/quote]

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