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AnthonyWong · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Location: Canada

What cities would you recommend starting out in China? Nothing to remote.

MartinK · Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 344

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Martin,

Well done, chappie! Wink

whitjohn · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 124

Here...here. bloody clever show what!

Minhang Oz · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 610 Location: Shanghai,ex Guilin

Anthony
Find your roots. It could be an interesting journey.

Glen 2003 · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 50 Location: China

I prefer Beijing.

ilunga · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 842 Location: China

Nice one Martin. I hear you're a Spurs fan
Hope you don't have a sleepless night when the Boro Boys stick it up you tonight Wink

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Cities NOT recommended:
- Lhasa (because it is Chinese-occupied territory, and thus a sensitive
place still off limits to expat personnel);
- Kashgar: Ditto, with many curfews declared all around the year;
- Shatoujiao Zhong-Ying Jie: You won't be allowed to cross the line
between Shenzhen and this village between Shenzhen and Hong
Kong for no reason at all. It's simply off limits to any foreigner!
- And in the same vein: there still are regions and localities where
foreign nationals are not allowed in; for instance Huaihai in Hunan!

Still a lot of places where you can apply for jobs though...

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Some places where people work
Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, Dalian, Harbin.

You could get a guide book and see which cities you like and then look for jobs there.

OR look at job, see which you like and then see which city you like best.

OR if you've got the time, money and patience, hop on a plane and travel and then see which city you like best.

I really advise you to visit the school first before signing the contract. Your idea of a state of the art school is probably different that your future employeers.

The Central Scrutinizer · Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 20

The cities on the coast are the best, from Dalian right on down to Shen Zhen.

gerard49 · Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 44 Location: Zhaoqing

Try Suzhou, Hangzhou or Nanjing, visit my photo suite http://community.webshots.com/user/gerardd49
or email me [email protected]

latefordinner · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 973

I'm currently serving my second consecutive sentence, errrr, term of employment in Dalian. It's a comparatively smallish city by Chinese standards, but it is fairly modern. A nice place to live, and there is not as much pollution as in some other cities. I've heard the same of Qingdao and Kunming, but not having been there yet I couldn't say. Unfortunately there's not much of historical/cultural interest here, but one can't have everything.