Questions about Shenzhen life.

Xi'an is a really city with ancient history. you can explore it with many reltics. Regarding on Shenzhen, if you live in Shekou, there are a famous expat living district. so you can find many new friends outta there.

I hope the info can help you a bit.

Best Regards
Chester

Hi I've been here for 2 months. Shenzhen is a modern city only 30 years old. Mostly high rise but a lot of green park space and open areas. Some of the old area on the edges but stunning beaches only an hour away. It is only an hour fron Hong Kong as well. Mainly mandarin spoken and very little English spoken although many people can understand and read English. The tip is to ask a teenager as they are currently studying English. I live in futian, fairly central. A visit to Shikoku for lunch etc is a must as it is the expat area. If you can afford to live there it may be worth it. The area around convention centre is more entral and has a lot of ex pats too

Hot in the summer 35degrees. Winter about 20 degrees.

Thank you for the reply!  Since I'm studying Chinese I was worried too much English would be spoken since it's close to HK.  Glad to hear that's not the case.

Apologies for the awful typing in my last post.  I think I must have been asleep when I posted!

in shenzhen seldom you find one to talk to in english.i live there and facing problems because of the language

Nah, actually many ppl can speak English .but they don't want to speak or they are shy to speak out. Of course, it depends on which areas you are talking about.

If you want to hang out or need help in Shenzhen, feel free to contact me via [email protected]

Since I am aboriginal shenzhener and my work as company registration consultant, I have great connection in Shenzhen to help out.

Chester

If you're on YouTube, you can check out a guy named "serpentza" === he has been keeping video blogs about life in Shenzhen and life in China for quite a while. He's very good! I've been subscribing to him for a while now - life there is so much different than life in Lanzhou (where I currently am)

I have been in Shenzhen for six months and find it very difficult going. Hardly anyone speaks English. There is nothing to do here unless you like going to bars. Very few restaurants that aren't Chinese. No history or charm like other parts of China. Hong Kong is doable, but it takes about 1.5 hours to get there through customs, so more like a weekend venture. Honestly, there's really nothing about Shenzhen other than the pretty vegetation to recommend it. Sorry...