<p>We live in London and most of the expat kids here go to an American school, which follows an American curriculum including AP courses. You will need to investigate whether the school in China offers AP courses or IB curriculum. American universities are fine accepting IB results, but switching from an AP school to a IB school (or vice versa) is difficult. The kids from the American School in London have no problem at all getting into US universities. Many families keep a house the US, nut I really don’t know if that helps with in state tuition. </p>