I arrive a week early to look for a place to stay, the last choice is the dorms in the university. For the same price you can get a fairly good apartment, price are charge per day in the dorm, single room is hard to get and run 150rmb per day. The dorms also separate the local Chinese students.and foreign students. In other words, lot of English speaking people in the foreign students’ dorms. It is not a good ideas while you want to learn Chinese. Better apartment usually want at least a year lease. A matter of luck a local friend found one just available and the owner can lease for three months only. May be they figure out I live by myself will do no damages. It is in Chaoyang district 朝陽區, more like
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