sangajtam Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:32 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:32 PM Is there such city, place, region in China where: Language is as close as possible to standard mandarin No snakes, spiders or any animals that could kill you or hurt you No earthquakes, floods, or any other natural disasters Temperature all year about 10 to 20 Celsius, no hot heat. People are nice, no terrorists And where is need for computer guys, IT, programmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:40 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:40 PM In a word, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:41 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:41 PM Sounds like a brilliant place, if it existed, I am sure its one fault would be overcrowding with foreigners and locals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:50 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 02:50 PM Beijing actually fits most of that description, with the following exceptions: - Sometimes there's flooding, which has been known to cause deaths, the drainage system is atrocious - Not all people are nice (but really, where in the world is everyone nice?) Of course, Beijing also has its own share of problems not on your list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:03 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:03 PM uhh the 10 to 20° all year round thing doesn't happen anywhere in China, does it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:18 PM Oh, oops, missed that. Yeah, probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldc Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 03:51 PM With Air Con, Singapore? Obviously not in China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:16 PM Too bad Singapore doesn't do standard Mandarin all too well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:27 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:27 PM Is there a place anywhere in the world that has 10-20 degrees weather all year round? For the no terrorists, you're good for most of China and Taiwan. For the need for computer types, keep in mind that you'll be competing with local computer types, some of whom will be at least as skilled as you are and all of whom speak Chinese better than you. For the rest, consider Taiwan. Lovely weather, although it easily goes over 20 degrees. Nice people, no terrorists. Dialect is spoken, but you can learn fine Mandarin there. There are large cockroaches but that doesn't have to be a problem. No danger from animals to speak of. There are typhoons and earthquakes sometimes, but these, too, are usually not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:41 PM Is there a place anywhere in the world that has 10-20 degrees weather all year round? I guess there are quite a few, I happen to live in one of them... (Edit: sorry for the off-topic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:49 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 08:49 PM The 10°-20° part is the hard part I doubt there are many such cities in the world, the only one I can think of that's close climate-wise in the US is Seattle. The only city in the world I've heard of that really stays between 20° & 10° is Bogota, Colombia (it probably is necessary for some pretty specialized geographic conditions to pertain in order to achieve a narrow 10°-20° band). So just switch to Spanish--Bogota is considered the standard for Latin American Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:02 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:02 PM Ocean islands often have such climate too. Lots of water around to regulate temperature. Azores and Madeira are both between 10 and 25 degrees all year around. In China, though, most standard Mandarin is typically in the North, and that's definitely a different kind of climate. Taiwan is probably the best bet, though it does get really hot in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:04 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:04 PM ¡Geiko, que suerte la tuya! Estoy haciendo las maletas, en vez de Bogotá, La Coruña. ¡Detesto el calor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:11 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:11 PM The Azores, Madeira, A Coruña, stop making me jealous!!! Back to China--since it's an island & at a favorable latitude, who knows maybe Diaoyutai/Senkaku Island fits the bill climate-wise? Of course it's a desert island & on top of that you might get hit by a stray bullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:58 PM Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 at 09:58 PM Is there such city, place, region in China where: I think your best bet would be a climatized clean room/building. If you're not too strict the individual demands are probably fairly easy to meet. The combination is probably not available anywhere on the globe unless artificially created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted September 29, 2014 at 06:15 AM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 06:15 AM Back to China--since it's an island & at a favorable latitude, who knows maybe Diaoyutai/Senkaku Island fits the bill climate-wise? Of course it's a desert island & on top of that you might get hit by a stray bullet. I heard it's good for fishing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 29, 2014 at 08:58 AM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 08:58 AM Compromise on the weather and you've got Dalian - Dell and I think IBM have big operations there. See here for possibilities. Learning Japanese would be a MAJOR advantage. Probably more than Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aone Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM Are you seeking for Paradise? 世事岂能尽如人意? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted September 29, 2014 at 02:21 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 02:21 PM ¡Geiko, que suerte la tuya! Estoy haciendo las maletas, en vez de Bogotá, La Coruña. ¡Detesto el calor! Cuando quieras, ¡estás invitado! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted September 29, 2014 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 03:02 PM ¡Cuando me toque la lotería, voy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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