- Jiangshan
Jiangshan (zh-sp|s=江山市|p=Jiāngshān) is a
county-level city located inQuzhou prefecture,Zhejiang Province ,China . Located about 4 hours southwest ofHangzhou , the provincial capital, it is the only county-level city in the prefecture. As of 1999, Jiangshan's population stood at 563,196. The city is named aptly: Jiang means river and Shan means mountain; a river runs through the city and Jiangling Mountain sits on its border. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-01/07/content_296383.htm Zhejiang] at China Daily]Among the handful of schools in Jiangshan is Jiangshan Experimental Primary School, which is part of Zhejiang University's [http://www.globaltefl.net/summer/summer05.html/ "Global TEFL" network] . The program sends native English speakers to their network schools to teach English for periods of 2-4 weeks. [ [http://ginia.wordpress.com/about/ About « An American in Jiangshan ] ] Aside from these teachers, Jiangshan sees few Westerners because of its relative geographical obscurity.
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.