study in xishuangbanna?

[mr.stinky]

is anyone aware of study opportunities, either in university or private school, way down

south in 西双版纳? i assume the only choice(s) would be in jinghong. i'm afraid kunming

has gotten too big and exciting for me. i could go for inner mongolia, except for the

weather.

[againstwind]

多走走，多看看。这样比呆在学校或城市都好。

西双版纳好地方，支持！

[ajax]

Briefly considered doing this myself a year or so ago....

Seems there is a college in Jinghong (although only Zhuanke): 西双版纳职业技术学院. Guess that'd translate to something like Xishuangbanna Technical and Vocational College. According to their website, http://cn.hbksw.com/yunnan/yndx/20070426557.html, since 1994 they've had all of 16 international students from European and American countries. Guess that means they're at least open to foreigners studying there.

You could just get an F visa, then self-study and maybe do some volunteer work with an NGO or whatever. If you were to do that, though, you might consider Ruili. It feels a bit like Jinghong but with far fewer tourists.

There's also Honghe University in Mengzi, which isn't all that close to Xishuangbanna but apparently has a lot of Vietnamese exchange students. I really like Honghe, but didn't get a great impression of Mengzi (admittedly just passing through). Seems like it'd be pretty hardcore, though.

[Sing Noy]

Hallo: friends

My name is Sing Noy (xiao shu 小树 Chinese name) from Laos. I am currently study Chinese language for almost a year in Xishuangbanna Technical and Vocational College. There are a lot of Lao student, few Thai students, Burmese and one British, one American study Chinese here. If anyone of you would like to come to study in this collage please contact me be low information:

Phone: 15894339716

Email: ruijae@gmail.com

I can help you for arrangement

Best wishes

Sing Noy