Shenyang and Harbin are both filled with Miss Chinese's. Winters are -25-30C every day and the sidewalks are permafrost in winter (8 months). It is so dry that they sweep the snow off the runways with - brooms, not shovels.

Not bad in the summer, but very bleak in winter. Good food year round.

If you are from Canada you will love it. It is OK for the rest of us.

The rest of Chinese advice applies.