Buying a new phone

I have been an apple user all my life and my iphone 13 is getting a little too slow now. I am going to be living in China for the foreseeable future and I am wondering what phone I should buy. I am from the U.S. and I know that American iPhones don't have the sim card tray so I can't get one of those. Also with Huawei having problems in the U.S. it might also not be a good idea to get one of those too.

I am thinking I have 2 options, get an iPhone in a neighboring Asian country that has a sim card tray, or try out a new phone. I was thinking maybe Xiaomi? My iPhone is in Chinese I can speak and read it so using a Chinese phone in Chinese shouldn't be a problem. Has anyone here switched from iPhone to a Chinese phone? What do you guys recommend?