<p>spencer11111,</p>
<p>I got many Chinese friends who immigrated to America or currently study abroad(some of them were top students in China) and all of them told me that even the best university in China can't compete with the top universities in HongKong. In their opinions, American Universities are much better in terms of academic, research opportunities, and of course prestige. </p>
<p>If you live in California, UCLA and UCB share pretty much the same prestige. </p>
<p>Another thing you should look at is the endowment of the university. American universities usually have more financial endowment for less numbers of students comparing to overseas ones.</p>