Heilongjiang University is located in Harbin, a famous city with beautiful scenery in northeast China. Harbin is also known as the “Moscow of the East” and the “Paris of the Orient”. Its landscape is very beautiful and its architecture has special features. It is cool in summer, and skiing and skating are available in winter. It is especially famous worldwide for the beautiful and wonderful art on display at the ice lantern festival. Therefore, Harbin can be described as an “International Metropolis”. Harbin lies within an area of China where the most standard form of Mandarin (“Putonghua”) is spoken. It is an ideal place to learn Mandarin Chinese......