Last July just got back from Yiwu-Hangzhou-Shanghai; and my daughter also study in Yiwu.
Some comments: 1. Payment: yes, most all payment are cashless; very seldom receipt cash and mostly no one use CC. I myself use Alipay, so create the Alipay account while still in JKT and then link the account to CC (not all bank CC are open to this, so better to try it first). It is safe but beware, not to open/flash your QR Code easily. And also if the transaction amount is bigger than 1000 RMB in one transaction, there'll be a payment fee. 2. SIM CARD, i used e-sim (NOMAD); so all app including google etc are working normal; e-sim need to be purchased and set before you come to China 3. MAP; google map not working properly especially if you are asking about route from A to B, which transportation mode are available etc. Recommended to use local map app like Gaode (it's like Naver Map if you go to South Korea). 4. All payment in China are cashless (shopping, eating, drinking, ticketing, transportation etc) and all can be done via App. So having Alipay is mandatory because it's a SUPER app. You can use it to pay for MRT, Bus, ordering a coffee in coffee shop, ordering food in restaurant, ordering taxi online (didi), etc. So recommended app if you go to China: Alipay. Gaode Map, and Google Translate Beijing and Shanghai already have a lot of POI; Beijing is more traditional - you might need to hire car+driver since some are out of the city like Great Wall (recommended to go down from Great Wall using tobogan, only available in one location only), Kunming Palace. Suzhou is very near to Shanghai, you can go there via MRT or train from Shanghai.Hangzhou is around 1,5 hours from Shanghai via speed train, West lake is the main attraction. Disney + Universal are typical if you ever go to other location; but make sure to not go there during China Holiday period; it will be much crazier thnn in Japan. br, jemmy On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:28 AM Rudy Tjandra <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Adakah yang pernah trip di Mainland China? Mau japri tanya2 soal tips > cashless payment di sana. Saya googling kok gak disarankan pake Visa. Harus > pake alipay ato wechatpay trus dilink ke kartu visa kita. apakah ini aman? > > Next question bagaimana dengan google map / google translate ? selama ini > selalu mengandalkan ini ke yapan april kemarin cukup dengan ini lengkap > semua jadwal kereta dan bus sampe ke menitnya tanpa perlu app lain google > translate juga jos. saya tanya google katanya tetep bisa diakses asal pake > vpn ato roaming pake kartu negara asal. yang sy kuatirkan ya updatenya. > apakah bisa reliable tanpa perlu app lain? > > ada rekomendasi kota yang perlu dikunjungi selain Beijing & Shanghai. > Hanya bisa nambah 1 kota lagi. oh ya ini kota ya... karena saya > travellingnya prefer kayak wahana2 ato museum klopun outdoor plg tembok > cina. yg udah masuk list jelas > 1. Disneyland Shanghai > 2. Universal Studio Beijing > > oh ya untuk 2 tempat itu saya baca2 minimal perlu masing2 dua hari karena > saking gedenya. benarkah? > > > -- > =========== > Ayo Subscribe >> Channel YouTube > https://www.youtube.com/user/komunitasandroid > > ---------------------- > Kontak Admin: > IG https://www.instagram.com/agushamonangan > > ----------------------- > FB Groups : https://www.facebook.com/groups/android.or.id > > Aturan Umum ID-ANDROID >> goo.gl/mL1mBT > > ========== > --- > Anda menerima pesan ini karena berlangganan grup "[id-android] Indonesian > Android Community" di Google Grup. > Untuk berhenti berlangganan dan berhenti menerima email dari grup ini, > kirim email ke [email protected]. > Untuk melihat diskusi ini di web, kunjungi > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/id-android/CAO1ftti4FhGnXEYyaSrftNp6hj--APnX8MCcuq-9TAGqUi7%3Dfw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/id-android/CAO1ftti4FhGnXEYyaSrftNp6hj--APnX8MCcuq-9TAGqUi7%3Dfw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- =========== Ayo Subscribe >> Channel YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/komunitasandroid ---------------------- Kontak Admin: IG https://www.instagram.com/agushamonangan ----------------------- FB Groups : https://www.facebook.com/groups/android.or.id Aturan Umum ID-ANDROID >> goo.gl/mL1mBT ========== --- Anda menerima pesan ini karena Anda berlangganan grup "[id-android] Indonesian Android Community" dari Google Grup. Untuk berhenti berlangganan dan berhenti menerima email dari grup ini, kirim email ke [email protected]. Untuk melihat diskusi ini di web, kunjungi https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/id-android/CAK0YeNqwF19DpO2fYaPBLnGdP1iEjb%3DJVTrA091a0-gdWamCFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
