Shenyang - Post Report Question and Answers

What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?

Just how isolated we would be. - Mar 2019


A large staff is not the same thing as a competent staff. The fact that a company/restaurant/office is well-staffed doesn't mean that anyone knows what they are doing. Labor is cheap here, there are too many people and all of them need jobs, so a common way to address a problem is to throw people at it. I have literally had five people in my apartment to change a battery in the smoke detector. In the end, they were unable to change the battery, because it takes 9-volt batteries, which are not available in China. - Jul 2016


How nice the summers can be if the air quality isn't too bad. - Aug 2014


Just that feeling that you are in a sea of Chinese people. It can make you feel lonely. Lack of English in many many places. Culture shock. - Nov 2013


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