When I first moved to Guangzhou in 2010, I came to a totally new place on my own. The only person I knew beforehand was a Finnish guy who had posted about this experience on a message forum. Besides that one person, everything else was new. I spent my first 1.5 years in Guangzhou with other exchange students which meant that I got a new bunch of friends every six months. I had a few local friends, but they didn’t evolve into deep friendships, though I’ve been occasionally still in contact with one. In 2011 I started my bachelor degree and was so happy to have the same study group…