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Taizhou a fast growing city, expat says

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated: June 17, 2021 L M S

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Michael Opoku Adomako, a teacher at Taizhou University's College of Life Sciences, conducts research on plants. [Photo/taizhou.com.cn]

Michael Opoku Adomako is a native of Ghana in western Africa who now works as a teacher at Taizhou University's College of Life Sciences.

In 2017, Adomako was offered a scholarship to pursue his doctoral degree at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Jiangsu University.

In his second year in China, he joined the scientific research team led by Yu Feihai, an expert in plant ecology from Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang province.

After graduating from Jiangsu University, Adomako decided to stay in Taizhou to continue his studies on plants.

Now having been in Taizhou for three and a half years, Adomako described his current home as "a fast growing city".

He's deeply impressed by the city's investment in its environment and development speed.

"They can do all the greening in the area in one day," he said. "When people come here, they think the plants and trees have been growing for years, but in fact they were laid yesterday."

However, Adomako misses his family, as he has been separated from them for five years. "My baby was four months old when I left home, and he's almost five now," he said.

His family's visit to Taizhou was also put on hold due to the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I have imaged the reunion so many times, the children running towards me at the airport and we hugging each other. I know that the day will come as the pandemic is being brought under control," Adomako said.