Tips China High-Speed Rail: How to Book, Board, and Ride It (5 Trips, 2025–2026)
Short version: book on 12306 if you're comfortable waiting a few days for ID verification and can read enough Chinese to...
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Tips Booking a Hotel in China as a Foreigner: What I Actually Check Before I Pay
A hotel in China can show up in your search results, accept your payment, and still turn you away at the front desk. Not...
China Why Google Maps Doesn’t Work in China (And What to Use Instead)
Open Google Maps in mainland China, and it looks fine at first. The map loads, your blue dot is there, streets have name...
Tips Shanghai: Pudong Airport to the City (and Beyond). Maglev, Metro, or the New Airport Link Line?
Every time I land at Shanghai Pudong (上海浦东), I go through the same mental math. Take the Maglev (磁浮) and transfer at Lon...
Net China: How to climb over the Great Firewall of China
There is online Great Fire Wall in China, if you want to use your regular service like Gmail, Google, Facebook, you need to climb. There are some VPN services but they are not stable. I am using roaming a Hong Kong Prepaid SIM.