I'm sure there are even worse places in China than Handan seeking FT's.I got offered a job at the teacher-training college there in '96,which I turned down for more pay elsewhere.However,the development going on there at that time would have been minimal,unlike what's happening there now.Clearly,Handan is no tourist haunt,but it does have some places of interest for FT's teaching there to visit in their spare time.Click on the link below for the relevant details:

http://www.totalesl.com/oldtotalesl/job_detail.php?postingtype=job&id=18660&pos=11498