The public discourse on foreign immigrants who leave Italy to go back to their place of origin is relatively new and has not made its presence felt in the country yet, due to the novel phenomenon of migrants leaving Italy because of the serious economic crisis that took effect in 2008. In the present study, the testimonies of a group of young, highly skilled Chinese who returned to China from Italy, for a brief period or permanently, have been gathered. The investigation, which was of an exploratory nature, aimed at bringing out the migration stories of the interviewees’ families of origin, their integration paths in Italy, the motivations that led them back to China, and the emotional experiences linked to their return. Data were collected through the administration of 12 in-depth semi-structured interviews, analysed with an interpretivist approach. The results highlight some common traits of the circular migration route for the majority of the sample, namely economic reasons for the parents’ expatriation to Italy, generally successful acculturation to the new environment, the return to (a different) China due to reasons of career development and a search for identity, and the consequent emergence of a bicultural awareness in attitudes and behaviour.