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The ARAQ Network includes two universities
in the City of Shenyang - Liaoning
University and Shenyang Normal
University.
Shenyang, by anyone's standards, is a large city. Its population
of 4.7 million ranks it as 4th largest in China, 41st in the
world. As soon as you enter the city is scale is obvious.
Roads, buildings, conference centres and stadiums are all
bigger and grander than other cities in the Dongbei (Northeast
China) region. Shenyang is very much the capital of Dongbei.
Naturally then, Shenyang is also a major centre of commerce.
Its major industries include Automobile Manufacturing, Machinery,
IT and Pharmaceuticals. Strangely though, it does not have
the international feel of its cosmopolitan cousins, Beijing,
Shanghai, Tianjin or Guangzhou. The wave of internationalization
has yet to crash over Shenyang, although signs that foreign
companies will flood into the city in the near future are
everywhere. An affluent, upper-middle class demographic is
growing rapidly in Shenyang, and the scale of the real estate
market is too large for foreign investment companies to ignore.
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Shenyang is located above the Bohai Gulf, linking Dalian to
the southeast with Beijing to the southwest. It is the
gateway to Dongbei. Shenyangers share many of the characteristics
of Dongbei people ¨C practical, down-to-earth and warmhearted.
These traits are reflected in the character of the city.
It does not have the magnificent palaces of Beijing
or the romantic boulevards of Dalian, |
but the city has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.
In fact,
Shenyang has its own "Forbidden City". Right in
the centre of the city, this was the first palace of the Qing
Dynasty emperors. Built in 1625, it was first inhabited by
Emperor Taiji. The Shenyang ˇ°Forbidden Cityˇ± became a victim
of the success of the Qing Dynasty, because when the Emperor
conquered more of central and southern China he moved the
seat of power to Beijing. Indeed, Beijing's "Forbidden
City" was specifically modeled on the palace in Shenyang,
although its scale is much larger.
Now would be a great time to familiarize yourself with Shenyang.
The city is poised for major internationalization in the coming
years, and the facilities at the universities are fantastic.
Shenyang is a city with a very bright future.
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