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Haidian海淀区

Mid-rangeExpat area

The university district. Peking, Tsinghua, Renmin, Beijing Language and Culture University and Beijing Foreign Studies University are all here, and so is most of the country's foreign-student population. Cheaper than Chaoyang for the same standard of flat.

At a glance

Life without Chinese
Metro access
Quiet at night
Value for money
Good for students

What is around

  • Metro70
  • Supermarket114
  • Park239
  • Pharmacy19
  • International hospital85
  • Shopping mall26

Counted from OpenStreetMap data for this district.

What works

  • Walking distance to the largest cluster of universities in China
  • The strongest value for money among Beijing's inner districts
  • Wudaokou has an international student scene of its own

What to expect

  • 45-60 minutes to the CBD in the morning
  • Term-time demand spikes; the good flats go in August
  • Quiet and studenty rather than cosmopolitan
Suits:StudentsA tight budgetResearchers and academics

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