Hong Kong movies, look for those directed by Ann Hui. And in many ways I like John Woo's over-the-top Hong Kong 'choreographed violence' films better than some of those he has made in the U.S. (e.g., 'The Killer', 'Bullet in the Head' - though they won't be to everyone's taste). And Chen Kaige's films.
Nope, I haven't seen any Chinese films recently.

All the Gong Li movies and all the Zhang Yimou movies, with the exception of 'Hero' which, though beautifully made, justifies any sort of bloody imperialism as long as it 'unifies' (read: conquers) what has since become China. Ang Li is also a wonderful director. Also the director of 'City of Sadness', who made several fine films, although I can't remember his name right now.

Do O'Reilly's, never mind it's too far away. The Guinness is real, comes from Ireland and not Malaysia, despite the fact that the bar is run by a Belgian and a Frenchman. Do not bother to play around with anything called Guinness that comes in a can.

@Mandrake & your comment about avoiding Chinese universities - I think you're probably right, but then if your kid is, say, 5 now, he won't be going to university for 13 years or so, & while one may imagine the situation concerning higher education in China will be the same then as now, it will have changed to some extent, as will higher education elsewhere. Still, of course, you don't want your kid trapped into a 'Chinese education or nothing' situation.

I agree with you, laotou, although I'd modify it slightly as I think there's been a move from the attitude you describe ('goal is marriage or nothing') towards a less-serious, freer and somewhat more 'fun' attitude over the past decades, at least among many of the urban university generation. And I think the pace of this is picking up - but again, fundamentally I agree.