China Travel Essentials

Planning your first independent trip to China? The small practical steps can be the hardest: receiving a verification code, paying when an app fails, showing a driver the right address, or getting from the airport to your hotel.

*China Travel Essentials* puts those steps in the order you’ll need them. Written for travelers using a foreign passport without a Chinese ID, local bank account, or Chinese phone number, it covers entry-condition self-checks, mobile data, Alipay and WeChat Pay, cards and cash, Chinese addresses, hotels, high-speed trains, and attraction reservations.

Each chapter explains what to prepare and what to try when the first plan does not work. For use on the move, the book includes six checklists, four decision flows, and ten English–Chinese cards you can save for offline access.

Start before you fly. Keep the essential steps close during your first 24 hours. Check time-sensitive rules against the cited sources before you travel.