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“I sent out more than a hundred applications and got maybe 20 or so callbacks. Zero offers,” Carmen Chen, an American student who graduated from Tsinghua University said. “I thought I was ready. But reality hit me way harder than I had imagined.” Chen had wanted badly to stay on in China with her friends and connections after four years of undergraduate studies. As the Chinese economy slows, Chen had underestimated how hard it would be to find work.

Despite the dwindling numbers of Americans in China, these internationally minded young people from both countries often report that their experiences shatter the negative media stereotypes of the other country. While political tensions between their nations run high, these people-to-people exchanges maintain a human link that has kept the bilateral relationship going through diplomatic crises, the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainties of two Trump presidencies.

Navigating healthcare in China can be overwhelming if you're an international student unfamiliar with the system. Here are six tips to help.

We celebrate the end of the semester after a GBJ professor hosts a media summit, GBJ students visit ByteDance and we meet more VIP visitors.

Justin Olsvik of Canada: "Our world is a complicated one, but your motivations [is] to honestly understand it from all sides..."