Everything first-timers actually need to know. From payments and transport to food, language, and the unwritten rules no one tells you about.
How to set up Alipay and WeChat Pay as a foreigner, where cash still works, and how to avoid getting stuck without a way to pay.
High-speed rail, metro systems, ride-hailing apps, and how to navigate a country where Google Maps doesn't work.
How to read a Chinese menu, order with confidence, and find the best local food without speaking the language.
The essential apps you need, how to get a local SIM, VPN options, and setting up your phone before you land.
Key phrases, translation tools that actually work, and how to communicate when nobody speaks English.
Where to book, what to expect, foreigner-friendly hotel chains, and the things nobody warns you about.
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