The peninsula between the two rivers: Jiefangbei, Hongyadong, the monorail through a building, and a street plan that goes up and down as much as along.
At a glance
Life without Chinese
Metro access
Quiet at night
Value for money
Good for students
What is around
Metro21
Supermarket6
Park21
Pharmacy1
International hospital12
Shopping mall19
Counted from OpenStreetMap data for this district.
What works
The dense, vertical centre of the city, with everything walkable
Metro and monorail lines converge here
Views over both rivers from very ordinary flats
What to expect
Hills mean stairs — a 'ground floor' can be ten storeys up
Crowded and loud, especially around Jiefangbei
Older buildings, heavy summer humidity
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