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How I stayed in China, when everyone was leaving during COVID.
Scary moment of my life : Living in Zhangjiagang city, very close to Wuhan in 2020.
Chapter 1: Arrival and the Start of a New Adventure Feb 2019
It was nonetheless my first journey outside my home country. When I first stepped off the plane in Shanghai Airport. I felt a rush of excitement and anticipation . The airport buzzed with energy, the sounds of Mandarin swirling around me like an unfamiliar melody. It was my first time in the country, and I was here for an exciting opportunity — working as a designer and curator for a garment company in one of the world’s largest manufacturing hubs.
I came to a place name Zhangjiagang, it’s 200km north from Shanghai, very close to Wuxi. It’s also called as Garden City. ‘Zhangjiagang’ literally means “Home of Zhang people”. It’s also a port city, very near to the Nantong port.
Beginning of 2019 was going very smooth with some hiccups on language barrier, but I found people around my workplace were English speaking. Nevertheless you’ll need to learn speaking Mandarin if you wants to work and stay in China, local people are very difficult to understand. Even there are some accents which vary from place to place, there was particular accent for each city. Mandarin and…
