“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it” by Rudyard Kipling – Let’s smell Beijing
Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. It is one of the oldest cities in the world with a long history. It is one of the world’s most populous capital city with over 21 million inhabitants. It is the second-largest city of the urban population after Shanghai. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic. It is a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks of the country. The city’s subway network is the busiest and longest in the world. Beijing is the nation’s cultural, educational, and political center. It is one of the world’s leading centers in culture, diplomacy and politics, business and economy, education, language, and science and technology. It is no doubt why people keep choosing to visit and study in Beijing every year.
World heritage sites
Not only Beijing is a home to headquarters of most of China’s largest state-owned companies and quite a large number of top multinational companies in the world, It is also a home to 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which are the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. There are also other major tourist attractions, such as Siheyuans, hutongs, and the National Museum of China. If you are interested in learning Chinese culture, do not miss the opportunity to study in Beijing to experience those heritages yourself.
Your great inspiration
The city itself has changed as well as its people throughout the decades. Beijing CBD is a center for Beijing’s economic expansion. You will see many high rise buildings and many are under construction. Zhongguancun area is also known as China’s Silicon Valley and it is a center of scientific and technological innovation as well as many startups companies. Beijing becomes one of the most highly international and advanced in technology cities in the world. Study in Beijing could maybe give you inspiration.
Education Center
Study in Beijing is now more and more popular among international students as well as young adults. There is a high demand for employees, officers, and translators who can speak Chinese fluently especially in services, tourism, and international business-related. You will also get to see lots of western students studying in Beijing. There is a number of good Chinese language schools in Beijing and they open courses all year round. We recommend you one to one learning because it will go faster. There are also many private schools from kindergarten through senior high school in Beijing. It is an education center so Beijing has many good colleges and universities, such as Peking University, Beijing Normal University, and Tsinghua University. They are in the top 100 universities world ranking too. The tuition fee and cost of living are not expensive in Beijing comparing to other megacities in the world.
Living your life in Beijing
Studying and living in Beijing is very convenient. Beijing’s public transportations, like trains, buses and subways, are just advanced. Bicycle is still a commonly used kind of transport. There are chinese Restaurants, international restaurants, café, and convenient stores everywhere. There are also many shops, local markets, and department stores. As for accommodation options, you can choose to share an apartment or student dormitory with your friends or stay with a local host family arranged by your school, which is highly recommended because you will get to learn to live like a Chinese and most importantly, you can practice your Chinese too.
There are plenty of things you can do after class, such as visiting museums, historical sites, shopping or sit down in a park or a café with your friends. We would suggest you do some research about places you plan to visit so when you are actually there, you will smell its history where it is the 3,000 years history. Studying in Beijing would definitely be a wonderful experience of the past and the future sensation.
