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<strong><img class="alignleft  wp-image-6642" alt="rob-chengde-ski" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rob-chengde-ski-233x300.png" width="149" height="192" />Rob, 20 from the UK</strong>: I found Chengde a nice break from the bustling city of Beijing. It was a very interesting experience as there was no chance to speak English which really helped me with my conversational Chinese. LTL organised me to a join a football team in which I would play every weekend. The team would invite me to there football club where I could practice my Mandarin while making friends. In regards to immersion there couldn´t be a better city with great tourist sites like the Emperor´s Summer Palace which I would say is better than the Beijing´s. I would recommend anyone who wants to be thrown in the deep end to really improve their language skills to come to Chengde.

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