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5F, Jianhui Building, No.922 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
- Chinese address: "地址：上海市衡山路922号建汇大厦35层 邮编：200030" - 1 2 "English Teachers Left Without Pay After Training Centers Shuttered in China". That's Guangzhou . 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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