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Practical guides for apps, payment, trains, food, hotels, and first-day confidence.
China Travel Basics
A beginner-friendly guide to China's current visa-free entry, transit, tourist visa, stay limits, and essential legal rules for a first trip.
Travelers at the earliest planning stage of a first trip to China
China Travel Basics
A calm, practical checklist for preparing your first trip to China: entry rules, payments, apps, trains, hotels, food, and your first day.
First-time travelers who want a clear order for trip preparation
China Travel Basics
A beginner-friendly guide to Alipay, WeChat Pay, international cards, RMB cash, and backup plans for a first trip to China.
Travelers setting up payments before arrival
China Travel Basics
A practical guide to installing Chinese travel apps on iPhone and Android before arrival, with safer download options, registration limits, and first-day setup tips.
Travelers who want key China apps installed before they land
China Travel Basics
A practical app-by-app guide to whether foreign travelers need a Chinese mobile number for Alipay, WeChat, DiDi, 12306, Meituan, Trip.com, Ctrip, and Amap.
Travelers deciding whether to buy a Chinese SIM card or use only an overseas number
China Travel Basics
A first-timer's guide to buying China Railway tickets, verifying a foreign passport, entering the station, boarding, and avoiding rushed train days.
Travelers planning their first intercity train journey in China
China Travel Basics
A low-stress arrival plan for mobile data, transport, hotel check-in, payment testing, food, and a gentle first evening in China.
First-time visitors who want a calm arrival plan
China Travel Basics
A practical first-timer's guide to ordering food in China with photos, pointing, translation, dietary notes, payment backups, and a few useful Mandarin phrases.
Travelers who want relaxed, beginner-friendly meals without fluent Mandarin