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[quote=Anonymous]NP, sorry to join late: my DC studied in Shanghai during the fall 2024 semester. Had an amazing time, really advanced their Chinese language (he'd studied since middle school and is a Chinese major), travelled all over the country, never had any issues other than a lot of surprise by people at seeing someone who was obviously foreign speaking reasonably respectable Chinese.

He is not Asian American but had a number of friends in the program who were; I don't believe anyone had any issues whatsoever. I checked with USG sources before he went; they were not aware of any issues that have arisen with individual US students. (The same can't be said for business travellers, although that mostly involves the diaspora.)

Some of the logistics feel really daunting - how to manage the tech and money/banking. It was probably more daunting for the slightly clueless parents than the kid himself.

The program he went on is run by CET (which is based in DC); CET has worked in China since normalization and have a great track record. They helped with the logistics on the ground and had good insights on safety issues. There are also campuses in/near Shanghai run by NYU and Duke.

My DC wanted to go in the fall semester for schedule reasons. In retrospect, I'm glad he chose that time. I think it's natural to have some trepidation now, especially with your kids, but I've been to China for work and would go back again. I'd also support my kid returning for future study, for whatever that's worth.

I don't think Hong Kong is safer tbh. And Taiwan is amazing but there's a lot more English in the capital and there's a different kind of security concern to contend with. Good luck OP![/quote]

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