These aren’t just personal passions for 29-year-old Mackenzie Lang, known to his Chinese friends as Lang Makun. In a recent interview with Xinhua in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, Lang shared his insights on China’s social development and youth exchanges between the two countries. “There’s a great place down the road for mapo tofu,” he joked, when asked about the first steps to get to know China. But he quickly shifted to a more serious note, outlining three things young Australians should understand. Lang’s most recent trip to China took him to the ancient fortress of Diaoyu City in Hechuan, Chongqing.