I'm sorry to say but Nanchang is an absolute armpit, it's the capital of a province of farmers, filled with farmers, enough said. The wal mart has nothing in the way of expat food, the nightlife is limited as far as I can see to escape bar, yes there are MCds and KFC but not in the uni district out in hong gu tang (?) where you will most likely be posted, and have to take a rickety shabby bus for an hour or over just to get to a very dissapointing city filled with peasants.

Oh, it does have the second largest square in China, and perhaps the rudest staff at a Xinjiang restaurant near the biggest armpit of a railway station I've ever seen in China, so I suppose you could call those....attractions !?!?

Not for a newbie to china...at all. Be warned.

If you want to know more, I'd gladly email anyone.