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[GZ]

I have some general questions for people who have lived or worked in GuangZhou or ShenZhen:

1) Can foreign citizens rent an apartment in GZ or SZ with a tourist visa? I am considering to enter China with a 3-mth tourist visa, rent a private apartment in GuangZhou, then start hunting for jobs from there. Is it a good idea?

2) How long is a Z visa and the living permit good for? Is it 6 mths or a year?

3) How much does it cost for the working and living permit in GuangZhou?

4) Where/how do I apply for them when I arrive in GuangZhou?

Any help and comments will be appreciated!

TKS
GZ

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[Roger]

I only meet with people who do not spell Chinese place names in such an amateurish fashion: GuangZhou, Guang Zhou, guang zhou, guang Zhou.
The poster asking this question can refer to my answer to that unlucky blue bird who is in a legal limbo in Shenzhen.

As a rule: no foreign national is allowed to rent accommodation in China unless from an approved business that caters to tourists and foreign visitors - i.e. a hotel or an estate.
This has much to do with socialism and scarcity of lodgings available, but also with the need to monitor people movements.
I remember that in Europe you cannot rent flats or rooms without reporting to the police within a week or two, unless you are willing to accept unpleasasnt consequences.

In China, such consequences can be: cops raiding your lodgings in the dead of the night and taking you to their own guesthouse until deportation.

Many get away without any hassles from the authorities, but they are taking chances.

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[Alex_P]

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Guang zhou would be correct, I�m responding just for the fun of it.
Guang zhou has two Chinese characters and so the city name in pin yin needs to be divided in two parts; the second part of the name is not capitalised.

Pedantic, maybe, but correct!

Cheers

[GZ]

If you know Chinese, you would know that 广州 should be spelled as Guang (广） Zhou (州）or Guangzhou。 The name contains two characters and each character has its own meaning. Thus, it should be capitalized as a way to inform readers that "Zhou" is the second character of the name(there are many Chinese characters' pronunciations are 'zhou', if you do not capitalize the second one, readers could perceive it as another character whose pronunciation is also 'zhou'）. If you do not want to capitalize the second character, you will need to write it as Guangzhou(no space in between), so people would know that these two pinyins are supposed to represent one noun not two.

Not sure if I've made it clear enough, but if we have to type correctly here， it should be: Guang Zhou or Guangzhou.

i.e: Chinese names：
张子明 should be written as :
1) Zhang Zi Ming (capitalize each character to inform others that the 3 characters are together to represent one noun)
2) Zhang Ziming(Capitalize his family name and the first character of his first name, no need to capitalize the second character of the first name, but make sure no space in the first name-otherwise, ming could be considered as part of other word)

If you do not like to meet people who make mistake, I think I won't be interested in meeting you either. We are not God, we all make mistakes. One piece of advice for you: ask yourself ' Who am I? And what I am doing for a living?" - Currently you are an English teacher, and your job is to teach English(my apology if you're not a FT). How many mistakes your students make each day? Are you going to refuse to see them the next day b/c they spell 'Roger' as 'roger'? haha, I am sure you won't. So, rethink about your attitude when saying "

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[kev7161]

I love how these threads get WAY out of whack due to minor quibbles. But I learned something new about the Chinese language thanks to the OP.

[Volodiya]

Regarding OP's question number one-

Roger wrote:

[GZ]

If I enter China with a tourist visa and stay at my Chinese friend's house, do I still need to go to the police department within 24 hours?

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