Shanghai has a longer history of contacts with Western world than many other cities, from European gateway to China it becomes a financial capital of the world. So, international spirit of Shanghai makes it much more suitable for beginner to make first steps to China, but in the same time it is old city with rich historical background is a best place to learn Chinese language as well Chinese way of life.

I have studied Chinese language from 2012, but it was not enough to study so serious language 2 hours per week. I got a progress only when I met native Chinese teacher in 2015, but it still was not enough. When I made a short trip to Hong Kong, I realised how poor are my skills. In same time for short period I have learned several new hanzi just because I faced them everytime. I had some practice for negotiating with Chinese people - shops, markets etc. And I found out that the only way to make a significant progress in Chinese is to go to China and join language classes in serious university.