That night, Liu failed to come home, something that had never happened before.

"This kind of service has just emerged in China in the past five years," said Liu, whose company works with corporate employees."We think through training you can raise your ability to be happy.

I made the right decision at the right time to come back to China," Liu told Reuters by phone from his new home in Shenzhen.

“I know an expert on Taoism,” our guide Liu said between slurps of Coke.

We believe the US and China can work together in the region," Liu said, arguing there was a double standard in the west towards Chinese defence spending.