Comrades who have been/live in China, I’m visiting sometime next year! I’ve commented about this before but it’s coming up on the new year so.

Any advice on where to go, how to behave, what to see, do? Any information would be appreciated, I’m so excited

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    9 months ago

    WeChat doesn’t have an equivalent in the US. Everyone in China uses it, even old people. On the surface it’s a chat app but it’s also integrated with payment systems and mini apps. It’s very common for a restaurant menu to just be a WeChat mini-app, I think even customs does their border forms via WeChat.

    HSR between Shanghai and Beijing is a good call most of the time, only 4 hours and a well travelled route with frequent service. Helps that both cities are very much worth seeing.