My family have never visited me, and I don't think they would.  I've had a friend visit me thought, but just the once.  I think it's just easier and cheaper if we make the trip home.  I have a large family so it would be extremely costly for them to come here as opposed to just me making the trip home and getting to see everyone.

Been in China two years. I had my parents visit me. They are getting a bit old so the trip involving jet lag etc does take it's toll. They have never traveled in Asia and mostly just travel around Europe, so it was a great expirience for them. I don't really expect them to come again. I think it was very help for them to see how we live in this evil developing country. 

I have been visited twice by my mother (my father passed away in 1990). Once in Guilin and once in Beijing.

My friends and even strangers were great!  They saw that she is an elderly lady, so they were easy on her. Seats everywhere.  One time, we were eating in a restaurant and the waitress asked me if I could read Chinese. When I said  a little, she actually brought mom a sample of the different dishes that they served and would then point at the price in the menu.

Another time, when we took the train from Guilin to Shenzhen, we had a soft sleeper. Turned out that our bunks were on the higher level, so one of the men on the lower level insisted mom take his bunk and the climbed  up to the higher one.

Last summer, we stopped at one of these streetside "yangrou bbq (BBQ mutton on a stick with local beer). The shopkeepers wife, while he cooked, she actually started to fan my mother with a  hand held fan. It was very nice of her, almost a bit embarrassing as my mom does not like to be any trouble. 

The only "sour" note was, that after she left for the US again, I was scolded by my friends for "abandoning" my mom, even though she is in excellent health and fiercely independent. They became very protective over her and ask me about her constantly. 

My brother will come to my wedding this summer