Hello everyone..
I'm planning to come to China But! Im not sure where to go in China. So can anyone recommended which part of china is nice to good study there and meet the locals?
Thanks for reading..
Andrea.


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Beijing might be the easiest place for you to start, and then from there you can choose where to go after you have been to a few places.

really depends what you want. If you want to see real China than a smaller city is a better choice but be prepared for problems and annoyances. If you want a big city with all the niceties of home but with still some Chinese aspect Beijing is good. If you want big City and Big Parties with a western atmosphere, Shanghai.

Shanghai does feel a lot like New York City...

beijing or shanghai i suppose.
easier for you to come
but if you come here you'd have to visit beijing sooner or later lol.

Shanghai..I think, But never trust those travel agency. They just tell you where to shop. Find some locals to be your guide, and you will know more culture about Shanghai.

Frankypc Wrote:
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> Shanghai..I think, But never trust those travel
> agency. They just tell you where to shop. Find
> some locals to be your guide, and you will know
> more culture about Shanghai.


That is so true. I was lucky I had my wife and her 2 cousins and I got to see the best of Shanghai because of it.

Uberche Wrote:
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> really depends what you want. If you want to see
> real China than a smaller city is a better choice
> but be prepared for problems and annoyances. If
> you want a big city with all the niceties of home
> but with still some Chinese aspect Beijing is
> good. If you want big City and Big Parties with a
> western atmosphere, Shanghai.

yeah, in some small cities, people there will be curious about you at the beginning, and it will make you feel uncomfortable and sometimes even angry. my germany friend cried several times when she first in our class. but she understood why people did that,and then loved that small city.ahhh,she was there when she was about 16 years old.

come to shanghai haha

Mostly, shanghai and beijing will be the first step for most of the foreigners coming to China. Probably, Shanghai is the most popular one.there are some other cities having quite lot of foreigner too. Like hangzhou which is praised it's beauty by the travelers. But if you really want to know more about China life, you can have trips to the countrysides in different area after your coming.

Ponpon Wrote:

> yeah, in some small cities, people there will be
> curious about you at the beginning, and it will
> make you feel uncomfortable and sometimes even
> angry. my germany friend cried several times when
> she first in our class. but she understood why
> people did that,and then loved that small
> city.ahhh,she was there when she was about 16
> years old.


LOL that's what happened to me in Wuhan when I had to go to the doctor....I was a horrible glutton with shrimp and I ate a lot of shrimp everyday and got sick and had to go to the hospital for a few days to get an I.V. dripping into my veins lol.

Anyway, tons of people came by just to see the western guy. The doctor was happy cuz now he could brag to his peers that he treated a western guy, the younger nurses were nervous putting the needle in my hand so the older ones did it (which I was thankful for), and people constantly came around asking questions. My wife was annoyed and stopped talking to them lol. It was hilarious.

Anyway I still say always start with Beijing and just go from there. It's always best to start in a country's capitol city except for the US. In the US I suggest starting in New York or Chicago first.

Anyway my vote is start at Beijing...I think I said that enough times...

You could go to [forum.e-admission.cn] and discuss in the forum there.

china is so big,it include many different culture.if u like to know china better,i suggest u go around china.

in my opinion, xiamen and huangzhou must be really nice city for foreignor.
huangzhou and xiamen are beautiful and famous medium-sized city. there are some foreignors,but not too many.

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As the capital, Beijing is a good choice. But the weather is not so comfortable to some extent.

Xi'an would be a nice place for a foreigner to learn Chinese and it's traditional culture.

shan dong provence qinghzou city welcome you.my email hai_dai@yahoo.cn

If you came to Beijing.I can be your guide for free.
You can contact me :cendar@126.com

It depend of what do you want to study but just dont come to Wuhan. Is a famose city becasuse its universities but it is an agly and dirty citty, I an living here for 3 month but im thinking in move maybe to beijin.

beijing is a good choice, i study here and there r many foreigners who also study chinese or other courses in unis.
also most of ppl here speak some english , so u can talk to them and know more about china,
beijing is a historic city there r many things to see,it is a window to know china

WELCOME TO SHANGHAI!

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