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The China First-Trip Playbook

The offline guide for first-time visitors to China. Everything this site covers, plus the details that only make sense once you're standing at a ticket gate.

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  • Visa-free and 240-hour transit checklists, with the Chinese wording to show border officers
  • Alipay + WeChat Pay setup with screenshots, and what to do when a payment fails
  • Internet: roaming vs eSIM vs local SIM, compared
  • How to book and board high-speed trains, step by step
  • Taxi, metro and airport-transfer cheat sheets for Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guangzhou
  • 7-, 10- and 14-day itineraries (including a 240-hour transit route)
  • Printable phrase cards: food allergies, directions, hotel, pharmacy, emergency
  • Common tourist scams and how to avoid them
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