Intro

Zhejiang Normal University is a university in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. The Zhejiang province is one of the wealthier in China and has western-influenced cities like Hangzhou and Yiwu. The city is Jinhua is quite small, for Chinese standards, with a population just over a million. People speak a local dialect and Mandarin Chinese, of course, but not much English. Jinhua has a Wal-Mart, Century-Mart, Pizza Hut, KFC, Diary Queen, Starbucks, Mango and Calvin Klein Jeans, but for more western accommodations Hangzhou and Shanghai are within a day trip away. The city of Jinhua itself may seem a bit dirty compared to more modern cities like Shanghai, but it is tolerable. The ZNU campus, on the other hand, is very clean and daily maintained. The city center is about 10 to 20 minutes away from campus depending on mode of transportation. Just out of the north and south gates, however, their are small shops to eat and buy goods. The International dorm is on the other side of campus, closer to the east gate. Even though the international dorm is further away from everything else compared to the Chinese dorms, the international dorms are nice because they are quite new and have western facilities with individual bathrooms and include hot water. There is also a new cafe on the first floor as of April 2012 but it is a bit pricey. One vital factor to be aware of is the poor instillation and low quality air-conditioners. This makes the winters brutally cold and summers suffocating hot.

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