Hi, I am new to China and I have just started work a few weeks ago at a place called Nanning in Guangxi province. I did a lot of research before I moved here and I thought that this was one of the more friendly provinces in China. What a mistake! People here do not smile, the students are painfully shy, the Chinese here can't even look you in the eye when you speak to them ( I can speak a lot of Chinese )

I feel very disapointed and now worried that it will be hard to have a social life here. As for finding a girlfriend or wife, I don't like my chances.

Is all China like this? Or have I just signed up in the dullest city in Asia?