Li and Alex are friends of ours. Li and Jane went to high school together. Alex is a German ex-pat. Li has the company shown in the first image.

The two young people in the second image were tasked by Li to lead me to a cup of coffee at Starbucks. I confused the whole operation by trying to pay for my own coffee. Nice kids.

Note in the third image the presence of a MickyDs.

The house/cottage is under construction by Li about 45 minutes outside of Shanghai to be a weekend cottage.