If you move to China, you should consider buying anti-pollution masks before you depart from your home country. Sure, you can buy masks on-site after arriving, but it’s good to have the masks available from day one. This is especially if you arrive on a day when the air quality is worse.

There are plenty of brands available online that sell masks with different designs, filters, and in different price segments. In this article, we list some of the most popular brands available and explain what makes their masks unique.

You’ll also find links to various Amazon-sellers that sell masks online, making it easy for you to pre-order masks before going to China.

From time to time, masks run out of stock, this is especially the case in events of virus outbreaks. This happened during the coronavirus outbreak in late 2019, for example. If that’s the case, we recommend you contacting the sellers to clarify when new masks will be available.

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Since December 2019, China has been battling with a new type of coronavirus referred to as Novel Coronavirus. The situation has escalated and we’ve also seen confirmed cases and deaths outside of China’s borders.

Countries like the US, Russia, and Singapore have closed their borders and banned foreigners who have recently been to China. Hopefully, the situation will turn to the better soon, but there are some protective measures you should pay attention to, minimizing the risk of becoming infected.

In this article, we review how you can reduce the risks of contracting the new coronavirus. Let’s start and review what the coronavirus is and what similarities it brings to other viruses we’ve seen in recent years.

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China is an enormous country full of diverse cultures, cuisines, dialects and living conditions. Travelling from place to place in China you could feel as if you are travelling through a variety of different countries.

The lifestyle in the largest cities differs significantly from that in the countryside, the western and eastern parts of the country feel like completely separate worlds and customs in the north can be totally out of place in the south (and vice-versa). One could easily spend a lifetime exploring China and sampling its massive variety.

That being said, there are some parts of China that are typically more attractive for living in than others. While many people who come from abroad to live in China gravitate towards Beijing and Shanghai, there are many other wonderful cities in which to live in.

If you are fortunate enough to be able to select where you want to live in China (a common perk of being an English teacher) it can seem a little daunting to try to choose which city would be ideal for you.

Therefore, we have gathered a list of 15 cities, which are in no particular order (because tastes truly do vary), that seem to be generally considered the most enjoyable places to live in China.

We have taken into consideration many factors such as cultural and historical significance, economic conditions, cleanliness, cuisine, climate, fashion and shopping, how cosmopolitan a city is and proximity to other areas of interest.

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In this article you will find a summary of the information you need to be able to drive in mainland China.

• In mainland China, you can’t drive with an International Driving Permit (IDP), nor with permits obtained in Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan.

• This article is based on the laws of the province of Beijing, and as usually is the case in China, the requirements may vary slightly depending on the city in which they apply.

• Written exams can be done in English or Chinese. Nonetheless, in some small cities, you may be forced to do them in Chinese (sometimes they may authorize you to bring a translator). On the other hand, in some of the main cities of the country, you may even find exams in other languages (such as Spanish, French, German or Arabic).

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