Shanghai's expatriate families have more choices of housing then ever before. Unlike the early 1990's, families are no longer confined to the Western suburb of HongQiao to find adequate family housing. Currently the tens of thousands of expat families in Shanghai are spread around Pudong's JinQiao, Kangqiao, and Century Avenue areas and Puxi's downtown, Hong Qiao, Qingpu, SongJiang, MingHang and Xin Zhuang areas. Indeed, narrowing down the list to the best possibilities is usually the first important step of any skilled agent. When selecting an agent be sure they have an excellent overview of the entire city's properties (not just a specific region), are familiar with all of the International schools, an understand the general traffic and commuting conditions and can understand an expatriates perspective... Read More
This site has been a spot where people who are moving to and living in Shanghai can get answers. Every week we get a number of questions about the the details of living here. Most are good questions, but have been answered on this site numerous times. Mostly it boils down to: What do I need know? Where can find this info? This site is about answering these questions and more.
Here are a few of the answers to some of the question in a nutshell. To find out more, use the site and forum search and get a login in order to post and ask questions of the community in the forum. One of the aspects of this site is that is has a very active and helpful community... Read More
Here are some things I would ask:
1. Class size? Subjects offered?
2. Language program - Opportunities to learn Mandarin, How much cultural emphasis in the curriculum?
3. Compatibility with home country curriculum - not a problem if this is a pemanant move, but if you will be moving back to Australia you want to make sure that your kids will be able to slip back into the curriculum as well as possible (or you may decide that the cultural experience is worth a little give and take academically)
4. Extra curricular activities - do they have what you want or will you have to search outside of school?... Read More
- ESL Express
- The Heart of Hengshan Road
- Tips for selecting the right international school
- Shanghai International Schools - Listing
- International Schools in Shanghai : bits from the Forum
- An brief look at popular residential areas for families.
- Relocating to Shanghai from Elsewhere in China
- Relocation and Moving Issues
- Moving from old to new
- Relocating to China