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.

Let's hope that future newbies use their heads and do due diligence before choosing a city where they want to teach. Perhaps, you might have done the same......rather than ignorantly accepting a position in a place that you find objectionable. I'm afraid you will have to alter your thinking - one point three billion people will not alter their way life to suit you.

You dislike farmers. Obviously, it has never occurred to you that some people consider 'farmers' the backbone of China and are acutely interested in them. This sounds like it might be just the 'spot' for those who seek knowledge, adventure and want a finger on the pulse of China's heart - farmers.

Adventure and 'roughing it, are not for everyone, certainly not for yourself.