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Hello everyone.
You can call me Bruce. 
Welcome to my website “Nanning Here“. This is a website where you can find a lot of information about Nanning China, the city where I was born and raised.
I build this website for professional practice at the start, then I think it also could be a window to show you what Nanning looks like. And you also may have a look at what China looks like though a picture or maybe an essay from my web. Though Nanning just a normal city in China, but it has lots of elements of China today. If you want to know more about Nanning, or Guangxi, or even China, I hope my website will be helpful.
Here is my Contact
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Bruce
What a great site
have just checked your bus planner and have found a new bus route to work
many thanks for a great site.
Will you be doing a mailing service for people to join and to get regular updates.
Bob
Thank you for your site! I’m looking for info about Nanning since I should spent one month over there this coming July. There are not much in general, So, a big thank you again!
Eric
Thanks Bruce for a great site on Nanning, have found it very useful.
Well done!
Wishing you a very Happy Chinese New Years Holidays.
I just wanna tell you what a great website you have. This is Nanning’s most informative site I’ve found on the net. Great tidbits of info and excellent photos.
I might be moving to Nanning come August and your pictures of the city definitely make it attractive.
Thanks for your work. Keep it up!
Bruce . . . .Thank you for the website. I plan to spend several weeks in Nanning very soon…question 1. Where might be the best place to find English speaking people like myself? I speak no Chinese. I read somewhere of Sunday morning gatherings at a cafe near Nanhu Park.
question 2. I have a friend who lives on old Shen Ling Rd. She has said there are plans to demolish some or all of the old section there. Do you know anything about that?
Welcome, Alan. March and April are a good time to visit.
A1. Almost every big hotel has English service, don’t need to worry. And I know an american who own a hostel here called Nan Ning City Hostel. Try this to contact him:
Weston Gameson
nanningcityhostel@hotmail.com
A2. Personally I never heard of Shen Ling Rd, maybe it is not exactlly what it called, give me a Chinese road name is better. I think what you said is Lin Sheng Rd(涓磋儨琛). Yes I think it is going to be demolished. See this:
http://www.nanninghere.com/pictures-of-old-streets-in-nanning
And actually there are some old sections are being demolished for rebuilding, you can see these rebuilding in almost every city in China.
Bruce,
Thanks for the quick response! Yes, I meant Lin Sheng Rd. Modernization is causing many cities and countries to lose their history and ethnic culture. I hope someone might realize the value of unique areas such as Lin Sheng . . before it is too late. I will check out NanNing Hostel, meanwhile, my plan is to stay at the Yongjiang Hotel. Can I expect to pay higher prices because I am a westerner?
Great site!
I have lived in Nanning about 5 years and truly love its people and style!
Your blog is a window show the fascinating things happened here.
Hi Bruce
Very fine site, beautiful pictures! I will if everything (volcano ash cloud) goes well arrive in Nanning 29. April.
Thanks.
Yours
Carsten
Dear Bruce
What a great site! I am really appreciate your unselfish deed in building this website. I am a Nanning guy who study in Beijing now. I love this city and I have to say, your love is not less than me. Do you mind if I translate your articles into Chinese and post them on internet (I will indicate the source) ? If you need help, such as pictures and translations (cos’ my major is Engllish Translation and Interpretation), contact me. Nice to see U
it’s really a good page to help me.
this time i have a english speech of my department.
and i am worried about what to say.
you know, i am studying in changchun now, so i want to show my hometown nanning to them.
thanks to you website and i have an essay to recite.
i think i will have a good job in this speech competition.
finally, thank you once more!
Hi.. great website..
I tried to send you email at your address .. bruce@nanninghere.com and it came back.
do you have another?
Sorry there is a some problem with that address recently. Try this gmail address:
zoro2501@gmail.com
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hey there
it’s nice to see a website about nanning! by the way, I’m going back to my country and I really need a moving company. All the companies I’ve tried requires me to send my stuff to Guangzhou first before they can send it to Germany.
Do you happen to know a moving company which can send my stuffs directly from Nanning to Germany?
Bruce, I just thought I would take a moment to comment on your website. It is very nicely laid out. I wish this had been available back in 2005 when I traveled to Nanning for the first time. The link to your senior year in high school is interesting, it reminds me of photos I have viewed from my stepsons last year in 2006 as he was preparing for his examinations. His mother was in a sweat over the exam since it played such an important part of where he would attend University. At any rate, the site is great, I hope you will continue to build onto your site and that I have an opportunity to return to Nanning for yet another visit soon.
Hi, Bruce – just wanted to say hello since we are at least momentarily “sharing a town”. Nanning is a wonderful place and it’s a great that someone shows it on the web; besides, your page is informative, colourful, fine. Keep up the good work!
hey Bruce,
I was offered to work in Nanning & I’m from Egypt. how is it like to live in Nanning? & do most people speak English there or the language will be a barrier?. I don’t know, I do like traveling & trying new stuff but Nanning is a completely new place to me that I haven’t ever heard about. Would u please tell me how much does it cost for one person to live there? & what about rents are they expensive?
I know, too many questions, but I was wondering if u can help.
thanks
Well, Nanning is in China, so most of the time people speak Mandarin here, and the old generation can speak Cantonese too. But just few peopel who learned English for couple of years(most of them are students or teachers) can speak English fluently. So if your colleagues can’t speak English, that might be a barrier for you.
Monthly cost for living here depends on what kind of life you want. Most of people can live comfortable with 1500 RMB/M, including 500-600 for house rent(small apartment for you only or sharing a big one with others) and 600+ for food.
Personally, I think the rent is expensive for me, especially when you want a good one.
You need to check more details with your employer, they should have a mature plan for foreign employees.
Hi Bruce, I would say you have an impressive and interactive website indeed. Keep it up! Anyway, I am from Singapore and I am in the midst of planning a visit to nanning on december. Just wondering what are the shortest and cheaper options for me to reach nanning? There are only flights to guangzhou, hanoi and haikou available from my country at the moment. Just wondering how much does it cost to own an apartment and car in nanning?
Honestly I don’t know which way is the cheapest to reach Nanning, if I were you I would choose the Guangzhou way. In Guangzhou, you can choose to come to Nanning by bus, train or by air.
How long you gonna stay in Nanning? The average house rents of a 30銕 apartment is around 500-800RMB/M. If you stay in hotel, it all depends on which hotel you will stay. The cheapest price is about 100-150RMB/D, I also have seen some small hotels offering a room aroud 50RMB/D.
Car rental is not popular in Nanning, and it is not allowed to drive a car here without a Chinese driver’s license.
Hi Bruce,
Nice website! And very informative. I came to Nanning from Holland a month ago, to study Mandarin at Guangxi University. I will stay here for at least one year. Maybe we will meet one day.
Hi Bruce
Thanks for great work. I am moving to Nanning this month. Will live close to Guangxi University. Good to know so many interesting things about nanning.
hello bruce….i was googling NAN NING…to see what i should do when i get there…great site..i look forward to visiting next week…..
by the way, is your site a blog or a website? i am from america lving and working in china and cant access my blog from china…i need to create another blog/website…can you advise me how you did this sight? is there an associated cost to run this site?
Thanks for sharing!
I am sorry to tell you that the Internet environment in China mainland is not good. The fact is some famous websites and Blog Service Providers are blocked in Mainland China, which means you can not access to those websites directly. Suggest you to use some tech way like proxy to get through the firewall. You can sent me a mail for more detail.
Hi everyone, I’m Peter. I am thinking of going to nanning to work. Can speak a little Chinese as I have been in china for a couple of years. Is there much foreign food, stuff to do in nanning. Wonder what the expat community in nanning is like.
I was from Nanning, born and raised ! Seeing this site makes me miss it so much. Thank you.
Hi Pete
There is a expat community in Nanning, I sugest you visit the “Just For You Cafe” you will most likley find some western folk there. As for Nanning THE BEST CITY IN CHINA!!
If you are looking for restaurant where you can find English speaking staff and decent food, good environment and hi tech gadgets, you can come to Happy Link. Listed on google, simply search “Happy Link Nanning” and you will find map and directions on how to get there, specially if you have GPS phone.
Hey Guys, I am new here. Where can I buy some good coffe in Nanning?
well done. i am proud of you! here i can see your talent and your love for nanning. thanks , i benefit a lot from
this website.
good
Does anyone need to rent a house in Nanning? A friend have a good house for rent, 4 bedrooms from April 2011. If anyone need, just contact me.
email: lijuan689@hotmail.com
wow! good job! you are such a genius! your english is very good as well as your PC skill! Impressed!!
Hello Bruce,
My name is Bruce as well. I just visited Nanning (left on 2011-05-09) to visit my girlfriend. I honestly didn’t want to leave because I was so comfortable there.
Now, my questions is: how much is the cost of living there? I was born and raised in the USA and have entertained the idea of teaching English there.
Bruce, I humbly ask you as a friend, from a Chinese to another, how do I go about doing this? A broad question is — good information is hard to find.
Thank you. =)
Cost of living in Nanning depends on what kind of life you live. Basic costs are rent of the apartment, 60銕 could be 800-1000RMB/M, 90銕 could be 1500-2000/M in different location. For food usually cost 20-40RMB/d if just fast food. Water and electricity about 80-100RMB/M, and the Internet access could be 50-80RMB/M, of course the 3G network will be more expensive.
Then how to use the rest of your salary is up to you.
Hi Bruce,
as you are one of the few sources of info about Nanning that I could find using our old friend Google, I was wondering if you could a little insight to the following.
I’ve been asked by Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) to find out about long term rental prices in Nanning for expats.
In a nutshell I would need to know:
Monthly Rent for a high-end 2 bedroom apartment
(by high end I mean the most expensive there is)
Approximate size of 2 bedroom apartment
Monthly Rent for a high-end 3 bedroom apartment
Approximate size of 3 bedroom apartment
This would assume a long term stay, at least a 1-year lease.
I’ll assume that these would be fully furnished as well. Correct?
If you could shine any light on this it would be sincerely appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
Though I haven’t rent a “high-end” apartment myself, but as far as I know, the 2 bedroom apartment(70-100銕) would cost 1500-2500RMB/M according to the location, and the 3 bedroom(100-160銕) would cost 2500-4500RMB/M. Usually not “fully” furnished, but will have some basic ones like bed, cook, gas, water heater etc.
And of course, there is no highest limit, but the rent usually according to the location and furnishing. You want to know the “high end” then you can add 1000RMB to each result, I think that would be quite a high cost on the market.
Hi Andrew,
I have an 3 bed apartment(150銕) not furnished at all around Asen Commercial Area in Nanning. If 1 year rent cover the cost of fully furnish, I would like to discuss.
FYI
My Email: chinasen@sogou.com
Hi. Do you know any university in nanning that teach chinese to foreiners?
Greetings
I remembered that Guangxi University has such place can do this.
Try this link below, unfortunately I can’t find english pages newly updated:
http://www.gxu.edu.cn/administration/gjc/eng/chi/hyjx.htm
or you can send an email to ask them.
Bruse, you did a wonderful job with this site, easy to understand and much information. Please keep this site updated and many will follow your work. Very proud of you. Michael D.
Bruce, you might want to add a section on Rules and Laws for people like me that doesn’t read or speak Chinese. It would be a great help to know Driving, Public, and Local laws to not make any mistakes while living in Nanning.
Hello,
I’m looking for a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment in Nanning immediately.
Can anyone help me out?
Email: djlexxxus@djlexxxus.com
Thanks.
Jason.
Just for You is a great place to meet foreigners and Chinese people in Nanning. Very friendly people. Regulars like Jack ( USA ) Shaun( Australia ) Matt ( UK ) two USA Joe’s, and many others. Some hot waitresses and Chinese girls there sometimes also.
I am going back to Nanning in December, maybe January at the latest. I have such fond memories of Nanning. I have been there 2 times. I went there in June and December. Ohh, my gosh. The humidity is so high. December was a little cold, but not too bad. I think maybe february or March might be the best time to go. What is your opinion? The people in Nanning treated me so good. I did a lot of exercises in the parks in Nanning, but I tried to be humble. I am an American, very well built and strong. I smiled and was very polite to the people of Nanning. I think they all respected that. take care friends. I hope to meet many of you in Nanning in December or January.
I’m still looking for an apartment. I would even appreciate being referred to an agency if possible. I prefer to have help from foreigners if possible. From my experience living in Nanning for 8 years, Chinese people have a habit of speaking empty words and never following through.
Sorry if anyone out there can’t handle the truth as I am a straight talker. I mean what I say and I say what I mean with all due respect..
I’m willing to pay a fee for the services. I’m also looking for a small office space to rent, 1 large ~SECURE~ room would be nice. Thanks kindly to those who will help.
Here are some real sides to Nanning.
Don’t bother buying any foreigner food from “the pantry”
They sell lots of expired food there. Trust me I know. I have been food poisoned too many times from their food! Anything on sale is EXPIRED! molding cheese! Yummy! Nice one huh?
Before you eat in a restaurant, check the kitchen out, DON’T
ask to see it, just pop your head in quickly and I promise you after seeing how disgusting it is you will just as fast be walking out of there! Some places are so gross I don’t know
how they can live with themselves selling food out of there!
UNBELIEVABLE!
Driving in Nanning, forget it! No one looks where they are going. Driving in the motorcycle lane of death is insane!
People cross this lane and don’t look while talking on the cell phone. Oh, same with driving cars, they all talk on their cell phones while driving and don’t look when turning right.
99% of Chinese don’t have a clue how to drive a car, have you seen their training facilities?… It’s a joke!
Don’t bother wearing a bag on your shoulder. My Chinese wife got her bag cut off her on the back of my motorcycle with a HUGE machete knife while my Son was sitting between my legs. We went to the police and they could do nothing and they did nothing. Chinese WILL AND DO charge you more money for one simple fact, You are a foreigner and they think you are rich! offer half the price they suggest!!!!
I could go on and on but I think that’s enough for now.
Sorry if anyone doesn’t like what I say but I’m here speaking the truth about what goes on here to protect my fellow foreigners because no one else is looking out for us here!
The best way is just to not take any crap from people here. Just hang out at places like Just for You, Babel ( not that useless “Happy Link” place, and you won’t get ripped off. If you live in Nanning you should not get ripped off by taxi drivers, as locals should know the price of the fares.
Back to Babel for a moment, great food, but talk about crap service. What about that young bitch of a waitress who works there, the one who can’t speak English, shit, when are they going to fire her!
Ya, Babel is a much better place than “just for you”. At just for you they are always hiring new staff all the time so the service is NEVER consistent. I have gotten sick from there also. I know Kevin at Babel and he insists on keeping his kitchen most clean, actually the most cleanest kitchen I have seen yet in Nanning! Cheers to you Kevin! I’m still looking for an apartment or shared apartment with a large bedroom. I’m
also looking for a small office space say about 50m2.
Does any foreigner have any hook ups with any agency for renting apartments or office space on this website?
Hi Bruce, i am great at last that somebody want to talk about China in the net. I was email from Sabah, East Malaysia, I am half chinese and half Kadazan, a native in Sabah. I am 55 yrs. I work as a Land Surveyor, I graduated from Univesity Of London and pratised as a professional Land Surveyor in Kota Kinabalu. I have been trying to know some body in Naning City or any place arround there. My root on mother side is from Shunzhou, Guangsi, My grand dad by the sirname of Ung or yung follow by Ren Fang, He was borned in china in 1882 and migrated to Sabah in 1900, and married with native girl and live until 1947, he died with out contacting his family in china. He should have leave with some relative in Shungzhou. We in Sabah busy with our live and forget that we are getting older. I really wish that we your can help me to trace any of his ( my grand father ) who still alive by introduce any of the association in Shungzhou area so that i can start searching this UNG FAMILY BEFORE
Hello again.
I’m looking for a foreigner piano player for a gig in Nanning.
I’m also looking for a foreigner singer for the same gig.
It’s on Dec 16th.
Please contact me for gig details.
Cheers.
Jason.
Also,
If anyone is looking for fresh foreigner style bread.
I bake this in my home. I bake every 3-4 days.
I use the best quality flour in Nanning.
I also do some great Pizza! Party trays are welcome.
Contact me if you are interested in some of the best home baked bread in Nanning.
admin@djmods.com
Cheers.
Jason R.C.
Hey Bruce,
YOur website is great. Can you tell me which universities in Nanning are downtown? I want to come and work there next year and don’t want to be stuck way out of town. thanks
Guangxi University and Guangxi Medical University.
To Jason, Babel is not better than JFU. The food at Babel is as good as at JFU ( burgers much better at Babel ) but the service at Babel is crap, and the staff are rude and arrogant.