If you live in Shanghai, you can pretty easily find an apartment through the local classified ads. You may check the Cityweekend, which is a local English magazine, or the several websites dedicated to expat, such as http://www.Shanghaiexpat.com/, etc. If you read Chinese, you can check at http://rent.online.sh.cn/, which is another place to start with.

You can also engage real estate agent to search a good place for you.

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