I had no real idea what to pack, I thought that bringing clothes plus bed sheets would be the best idea, since the expectation was that I would be getting an apartment. I remember my mum buying a really beautiful set of duvet covers, which I loved....along with packing a dressing gown and formal clothes. I was also told to take at least 20 000 RMB in cash with me for startup costs. I watched EF videos about setting up in China while, they said China was a very 'cash up front' society-I didn't really seem to understand this, and didn't take it too seriously. But I took around this amount with me in Chinese money, thinking that I probably wouldn't really need that amount. My magistrate mum wanted me to have the 'best start' so she arranged for her friend Ray, also another magistrate, to drive me in his jaguar to Humberside airport to give me the final 'goodbye'. I had asked Ray to take a look at the EF contract and look up the company-my mum's m...