<p>Beijing Unversity</p>
<p>foreign passport helps a lot</p>
<p>I am happy to find this thread!!! Could anybody help me a bit more? I’m looking for a good place to spend a year on learning Mandarin as well, but I would like it also to be less polluted (lungs). All other abovementioned points are also viral. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Definitely not Beijing!
The best way is to study Chinese in Yangshuo!</p>
<p>In beautiful Yangshuo, there is a really good private teacher, professional and reasonable prices. Especially since living in Yangshuo is cheap and healthy, it’s a much better place to be surrounded by people from all over China who speak Mandarin together!</p>
<p>Potential students, check out more info: [Study</a> Chinese in Yangshuo with Janie](<a href=“http://www.learn-chinese-in-yangshuo.com%5DStudy”>http://www.learn-chinese-in-yangshuo.com)</p>
<p>Xian International Studies University, Zhejiang University, South China University of Technology,Shenzhen University etc.There are so many schools, these universities also hold summer camps. You can try the camp first then decide which school to study.
I find the information from the website called CUCAS, you can google and search more.</p>
<p>If you’re planning on learning more about mandarin, Taipei would really be a good choice!</p>
<p>I agree with Janie. I came from Mexico to Yangshuo to study Chinese and I could not be happier. I studied at Omeida. The teachers (Anya, Becky and Magic) were wonderful they helped me out with everything. Class tuition , Accommodation and meals was less than $1000 for a month which was very good value since I had 24 hour support and my teachers were more like sisters. Check out [Study</a> Chinese in China, Chinese language school Yangshuo](<a href=“http://www.omeida.com.cn/]Study”>http://www.omeida.com.cn/) Omeida . They can ever hook you up with a job/work experience. I worked for a hostel for one week after lessons and it was an amazing experience. Talking about it I want to go back! anyone heading to Yangshuo let me know maybe we can go together</p>
<p>learning chinese but not choosing beijing? are you sure you 're not learning a dialect instead of the official mandarin? haha that’s gonna be hilarious if i choose to learn english in scotland instead of london or new york</p>
<p>@privateinme</p>
<p>Cities like Shenzhen which has a massive migrant population, everybody speaks official Mandarin there since it is an immigrant city.</p>
<p>Shenzhen is the 4th largest city in China, everybody is a migrant there (or foreigner for that matter), except the 800 fishermen and their descendants. Why Shenzhen? Lots of attractions, convenient around the Guangdong province to historical cities such as Guangzhou and Chaoshan. You can also take trips to Hunan and Hubei provinces quite easily via high speed rail. It is ranked as one of the fastest growing cities in the world over the past decade.</p>
<p>And of course, it’s situated next to the global hub of Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Having lived in Beijing and my favorite city of all time, of course it’s great but there are many other cities that teach “proper” Mandarin. In fact, most schools these days do speak proper Mandarin.</p>
<p>shanghai or city of east china.
the air of beijing is poll###</p>
<p>The main options people find themselves choosing from are Beijing, Shanghai or a smaller city. In my opinion the pros and cons for those options are:
Beijing:
pros: good Mandarin accent, Chinese culture, employment opportunities
cons: air pollution, has a pretty big foreign community by now which will tempt you to speak English
Shanghai:
pros: great employment opportunities, multi-cultural, access to western services and people
cons: poor Mandarin accent, risk of speaking a lot of English, high cost
Smaller city:
pros: you will speak a lot more Mandarin as nobody will speak any English, life is usually quite cheap and you get to see real Chinese life
cons: little access to international services (hospitals or international friends if you get homesick), sometimes a bad accent (unless you go to Northern China/Beijing area), lower teaching standards than in the big cities.
There is a pretty good summary of what you might look at here <a href=“Learn Chinese in China (Now OPEN) | 5 Star School (Award Winners)”>http://www.livethelanguage.cn/learn-chinese-in-china/</a>. I personally would say if you really want to learn Mandarin, start in Beijing and then go to a smaller city. If you want to have a good time, make international friends and language learning comes second, go to Shanghai.</p>
<p>Go to Northeast China, where people speak Mandarine. The best place would be Jilin University in Changchun City</p>