The Chinese start is worth practising as it is fairly difficult, and their starting 'bonus' can actually put you behind if you are not practiced with it. Scouts are considered their standard opening for 1v1. As their start is quite unique, here are some additional pointers:
Only build one house at the start - either with one of the starting villagers, or the next villager that you create.
Get your villagers gathering from the sheep as soon as you can.
Learn when to force-drop to keep the town center working - do this too many times (by force-dropping too early) and you will have too much idle villager time.
You might need to lure the boar a bit earlier than usual - in which case take a villager from sheep to lure the boar.
