China Travel Guide: 17 Essential Tips Before Your Trip

17 things I wish I knew before visiting CHINA 🇨🇳

Destination:ChinaCity:ShanghaiPopulation:24.9 million
17 things I wish I knew before visiting CHINA 🇨🇳
Joel Friend2024-09-0115 min

Here are 17 things I wish I knew before visiting China, from applying to Visa's, VPN's and more do not travel to China before watching this video!.

0:00 - Intro

0:18 - Don’t forget this!

3:02 - The ‘Uber’ of China

3:48 - MOBILE DATA

4:51 - Transport in China

6:00 - When to go?

6:58 - This shocked us!

7:33 - Visa’s

9:42 - THE FOOD

10:28 - Translating…

10:56 - VPN’s

12:36 - WeChat & Alipay

13:38 - Booking stuff

--- Joel Friend
September 1, 2024, Autumn in China

Video Chapters

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 0:18Don’t forget this!
  3. 3:02The ‘Uber’ of China
  4. 3:48MOBILE DATA
  5. 4:51Transport in China
  6. 6:00When to go?
  7. 6:58This shocked us!
  8. 7:33Visa’s
  9. 9:42THE FOOD
  10. 10:28Translating…
  11. 10:56VPN’s
  12. 12:36WeChat & Alipay
  13. 13:38Booking stuff

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China Travel Guide: 17 Essential Tips Before Your Trip

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Attractions in this video: Great Wall, Forbidden City