I think pixelart fits to “local first, own the remote” lifestyle

KeePassDX, Nextcloud, KDE Connect, Catima

It’s like violin classes. Safe but challenging enough to show off to other rich cats.

If kids don’t plan to work at the mainland, chances are they will never speak at the level and environment where it’s good use of everyone’s time.

Meanwhile, Chinese would rather you speak English. They probably know English better than clueless foreigner knows their language mindset.