So, I'm in Bayuquan now... Modern and clean, from what I see so far, yes. But large? Don't be silly, the village where my apartment is based back in the city that I work in has a higher population than the entire Bayuquan district of Yingkou.

I don't really think it is an ideal place for new foreigners to work in, unless you are on a big expat package, with people doing everything for you. A nice area but nothing is in English, it is modern but not really westernised in any way, it's not exactly a cheap place in some respects as it appears to be the desirable part of Yingkou. The night-life looked a bit questionable, but I'm not really up here to party right now. They got a Carrefour about 3 months ago apparently.

It is part of a newly developed zone in China next to the Bohai sea with state of the art bullet train which services most of the major cities.

Oh, I smell a tiny bit of Chinglish there! Close, but no cigar.