Study abroad in Brazil or China?
I am a business student in the US and trying to figure out where to study abroad! My choices have come down to either Sao Paulo, Brazil, Shanghai, China or Hong Kong. So... I am a business student studying management and entrepreneurship... I am not really considering doing business in either of those countries but I wanted to study abroad for the experience of living in a different place. I am a little worried about the drug use in Brazil because I am just an innocent white girl but Brazil seems more attractive to me than China. Communism sucks (Shanghai) and Hong Kong... its kinda its own little nation. I probably would meet a lot of different kinds of people in Hong Kong but for whatever reason, china just doesn't seem that interesting...
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i guess Hong Kong is the best think for you to study in there cause of standards and there have nice food lots of shopping mall the city is like Korea or Japan and Hong Kong is very safe places not like Shanghai it is very dangerous places there have lots baggers try to follow you if you give them some money especially people from other country and almost all stuff in china are fake gadgets and everything but not Hong Kong best if you go to Hong Kong and sorry i know nothing about Brazil all the best for your studies
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Innocent white girl? You won't stand out in Brazil. We're just like the US. We have every shade of color of people here. European, Asian, Arab, Black etc... Sao Paulo has a lot of japanese people. More japanese outside of japan than US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberdade I am from Curitiba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba My grandma and grandpa maternal and paternal came from Germany/Austria/Portugal. I really doubt you will stand out here. Yes in Hong Kong you will stand out like a sore thumb. Here in Brazil??? Only if you open your mouth and speak probably, but we don't mistreat foreigners here. As far as drug use? well.. like they say.. if you look for trouble you'll find trouble. Just like in Europe and USA has it's bad and good areas. If you want to see Chinese people we have them here too HAHAHA. We're not all brown and live in Favelas and have witch doctors in South America hhahahahahahaha
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It's definitely worth it to study abroad. All three choices sound great. It sounds like your leaning more toward Brazil. If you don't stick out like a sore thumb... you should be fine. Every place has it's dangerous spots- but study abroad locations do not tend to be located in seedy areas. Business-wise, China and Hong Kong would be fabulous locales. If you're going for more for fun, then don't write off Brazil. If you want to check more into specific programs, I work for a new travel/study abroad website dedicated to sending students overseas. It's called Gulliver (http://www.gullivergo.com). You can search more than 2,000 programs in over 70 countries. Here are some Business courses in China (http://bit.ly/33r6dJ); Hong Kong (http://bit.ly/31J6lP); and Brazil (http://bit.ly/1EKzwo). Each profile has a profile of what's offered in each program. Before you leave the states check out our Prepare to Go section (http://www.gullivergo.com/prepare-to-go) to learn about funding, scholarships, housing, internet, visas, and other tidbits for your trip. We also have a discussion forum (http://www.gullivergo.com/discuss) where you can connect with students who are currently abroad or have recently returned home. Feel free to check us out on Facebook (http://bit.ly/1OsHGZ)! Good Luck and Happy Travels!
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