The apartment block is in situated in the compound of the OLD university (still in use by some facilities). Mercifully it is quiet and away from the frenetic main roads, although close to the centre of the city.
To get to the NEW university we need to travel some 40 minutes on a shuttle bus (for which we have to pay)queuing with the students and often having to stand the whole way. The timetable isn’t generous, and it wouldn’t be very nice to miss the last bus. Although there is an advantage separating home from work, commuting like this is a definite disadvantage. Admittedly living at the new university, away from all the facilities of the city, would be just as unattractive.
The new university is something else. It is so far out of town, and so large, it is almost a suburb by itself. When the Chinese embark upon a project they can do it on a grand scale. See the photo images at http://www.sdai.edu.cn
Students have to walk a long way between classes. (Luckily we don't!) The toadstool in the foreground is a rubbish bin. The streets of Jinan are surprising free of litter.
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