I live in Shenzhen and Guangzhou for nearly half the year and have done so for 7 years. My son has lived in Guangzhou for 6 years straight, visiting Australia for a couple of weeks a year and he can't wait to get back to PRC - I wouldn't be too quick to judge unless you have first hand experience.….......
My son went to China 18 months ago, I cannot remeber where, but it was close to the Russian border. His GF's family is from there)
alot of people assumed he was Russian