I couldn't recommend CLI more!

I spent 8 weeks at CLI and it was an incredible experience for many different reasons. My primary motivation for going to CLI was to improve my Mandarin, and the speed of my improvement was exponential, all 3 of my teachers were excellent and also such lovely, interesting people as well. The location in Guilin where the school is located is fantastic, next to a mountain you can climb for 360 views of Guilin and near a beautiful big park (七星公园). There's numerous restaurants in the local areas and all the amenities you could need. I stayed in the school dormitory and my room was great, really comfortable bed, no complaints at all. CLI has created a great community, and the other students I met whilst I was there were all very interesting people with a vast range of backgrounds and reasons for being there, it great for making international connections. If you're considering going to CLI I could not recommend it more highly.