Society & living standard

Do cities offer a better quality of life than countryside?
Have the living standards in Beijing /your hometown increased a lot in the last few years?
What factors may affect the standard of living? (heaith, edcation, job, housing)
Do you think most people are satisfied with the improvement in living standard?
What’s the housing market like now in Beijing? Are you considering buying a house?
What may cause the differences in the prices of house in different areas?
People are worried about the extreme income inequality.do you have the same worry?

Social life

Are you satisfied with your social life? Why or why not?
Where is it easiest for you to meet new people?
Compare your social life to that of your parents twenty or thirty years ago

job/workplace

Do you usually get on well with your supervisor/ colleagues？
What kind of people are more likely to be popular with colleagues?
Some people say competition is not so fierce among teachers. Is it true?
What kind of job is considered to be good profession? Decent jobs？
Which qualities are important for a …?

Supernatural phenomenon

What number is considered lucky or unlucky in china?
Do lucky numbers really bring good luck?
Why do people still try to look for lucky numbers and avoid unlucky ones?
Tell me some of the things people do to bring good luck?
(Are people very serious?

Environmental problem

What is the most serious environmental problem nowadays in China?
 Why do you think so?  
 How to solve this problem in your opinion?
 What about other environmental problems? (5). When did these problems come up?
 What harm do these problems to people and our country?
 Why are there such environmental problems in our country?
 What should the government do to deal with them?
 What should the common people do in their daily life?

Public figures

(1). Can you define the public figure? 
(2). How do they influence our life?
(3). How do those pop stars influence the fashion?
(4). Do you think the privacy of public figures should be protected?
(5). Why do you think so? 
(6). What do you think of celebrity effect?