I think a more practical framing is to ask what you enjoy doing in the US that you wouldn’t be able to do in China. As a practical matter, the things that affe

I think a more practical framing is to ask what you enjoy doing in the US that you wouldn’t be able to do in China. As a practical matter, the things that affected me the most when I traveled are the great firewall, language barriers, and time zone issues. For example, I don’t protest the government. If that was an important part of my life China would be a bad choice. Probably another question you might ask is what are the things you’d be able to do in China that you wouldn’t in the US.