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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 1:51 pm
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ksandness
 
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No, because Chongqing is kind of a mess and has fewer foreigner-friendly amenities than say, Shanghai or Beijing.

I was there several years ago, but it was noticeably more rundown than other parts of China, and we were told that the central government neglected it because it had been on the "wrong" side during the revolution.

If you haven't traveled much, especially not in the Third World, Chongqing will be a shock.

They speak Mandarin there, but with their own distinctive accent, which is a bit hard to understand. They understood me when I spoke Mandarin, but I often had trouble understanding what they were saying back to me.

Get a guidebook for China and read up on it before you go. You won't be sorry.
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