Sean McClure, from the US, came to Shenyang, China for the first time after he graduated from high school. In Shenyang, McClure spent a year studying in a local high school to learn Chinese.
He currently works at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center as a management trainee. As an American working for a German company in Beijing, there have been challenges, but at the same time McClure says he loves what he does.
"Every day is different in the hotel, you get to meet people from all over the world".
Here is Sean's story.
Video: Huan CAO
Camera assistant: Sun Tianyuan
Producer: Flora Yue