No money is a big problem. Under study and financial stress leads you to be nervous. Why do you have to go back China which limits your further career development? The atmosphere of doing research in us is much stronger than in China.
3,在Academia的话,你不能忽视学校对你学术发展上的引领和支持。我不会反对主要看论文和研究作品的观点,但一个好的学校,尤其是一个好的项目,能给你的太多了。应该看到自己研究和学校学术支持之间 HIGH CORRELATION. I an assue you it is very HIGH, basing on my experience...