Bunnell started his own company in east China's Hangzhou after studying in Xi'an and Shanghai. His company helps foreign entrepreneurs and western start-ups enter the Chinese market.
"There's so much opportunity for students, especially with the lower cost of living (in China)," he said, adding that many of his American peers obtained an entrepreneurship visa to start a company immediately after graduation in China.
Peter Jensen, founder of the Manhattan-based Jensen Law Firm PLLC, was among the first batch of Americans studying in modern China in the mid-1980s.
"I remember riding a bicycle in Beijing and causing traffic accidents because people have never seen a white person," Jensen recalled with laughter.
This experience has "certainly had a tremendous influence on my personal career and helped me with my business and understanding the larger world," said the lawyer who is fluent in Mandarin.
All panelists believe there's a need for more mutual understanding between the two countries, especially for Americans to learn more about China.
"The amount of exposure that Chinese people have had to the United States has changed dramatically," leading to a mismatch in the level of knowledge between the two, said Jessica Bissett, director of leadership programs at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Bissett went to Beijing in 2004, when many Chinese people were not aware of what the United States really looked like, she said.
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