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?
>
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