| I may say in my yrs in China i found Shanghai to be a special part of China, what often we say Shanghai doesnt seem China... or its a different China. Shanghainese, are particular, their language is amazing, and i smile when they called any1 from outside shanghai XIAO NIN, as well dont forget that they used to call the Pudong people Xiao Nin too... :-) i may say that Shanghainese, are much more open mind to developement that people who come from other parts of China and some good freind non Shanghainese who live here from the last 12 yrs agree on this point. North people unfortunatly got more "square" mind.... the 1500rmb x month nice apt, according to my knowledge, u may get just a room in this shared apt or a very low budget solution in the outskirt fo the metropolis...think already near Lipu bridge the rent of 120 sqmt apt in anew buldign is 3000/2500 per month... of course in the old HQ u still can find some studio a cheap price with low profile rennovation and old furniture.. as for the language... its not true... i m often with shanghainese around 30s and they all speak shanghainese, of course if a "xiao nin" (without offence) is with them, they being well educated.. switch to mandarin, but its just a matter of courtesy... au revoir Gerry |
Relocating to Shanghai