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China Travel Essentials: Tips & Tools for a Smooth Trip

Discover essential tips and tools for your trip to China, including WeChat, navigating the Great Firewall with VPN, SIM card info, and more cultural insights. Understand haggling, dining etiquette, and how to blend in seamlessly during your travels. Maximize your exploration with the right apps and recommendations for mobility in China. Stay informed and make the most of your experience with these practical insights!

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China Travel Essentials: Tips & Tools for a Smooth Trip

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  1. China trip 2019Chunzhuo WangJiayi WangZhenhuan WuZhifu Xue 4nd info session 13-03-2019 Group T Leuven Campus

  2. Topics of this session • WeChat • Some APPs in China • Great Firewall: VPN • SIM card and other things

  3. Download the Wechat •Google play store/ Apple App store/ …. For android and ios •You also need a mobile phone number to register, no other options

  4. Add your first Wechat friends •Search your friend via his/her Wechat ID •Mobile phone number is also ok •Scan the QR code provided by your friend

  5. Join your group talk north/south •Top right corner “ +”, Then choose “Add Contacts”, “Join Private Group” •Input the four digits number of your group set by the founder.

  6. Let’s talk •Text •Voice Message •Voice Call •Video Call

  7. Let’s pay (Limited version) •Receive:3000 RMB/day •Pay:200 RMB/day *payment password ≠account password Maybe very useful in some situation in China.

  8. More functions……. Explore by yourself!

  9. Mobility in China · No Google Maps access (without ladder)! MetroMan (Android & iOS) Maps by Apple (iOS only) MAPS.ME (Android & iOS)

  10. MetroMen BEST navigation app for ALL METRO systems in China (including Chengdu, Xi’an, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing) * English & French available! Metro Network in Downtown Beijing Built-in Gaode Maps (English Version)

  11. Alternatives... Baidu Maps Gaode Maps Two most detailed e-maps in China. * No English version available. Google Maps (with VPN) * outdated info

  12. Great Firewall In China

  13. You need a ladder

  14. VPN • My recommend: https://nordvpn.com/

  15. NordVPN • A lot of servers NL, GB, FL, BE, US stable

  16. Price

  17. Payment • Visa, Mastercard, Bitcoin, etc.

  18. 6 Devices at the same time • You can team up and share one account to save money

  19. Questions?

  20. SeveralImportantthingsyouneedtoknowbeforegoing At least I think you guys should know it 

  21. Just yell In Chinese Restaurant • Put up your hand and yell • “shuaige”(handsome boy)&“meinv”(beautiful girl) • Just call her “waitress”, sometime you may never got served • Otherwise • No one care cos they got no tips anyway

  22. no starter, main course and dessert • We finish • We serve • Don’t be surprise when your friend got everything and you have nothing

  23. No need to tip anyone • No one should ask you for tips • other than if u have extra money to burn or u are in an prostitute massage parlor which u shouldn’t

  24. Bring toilet paper • I know this is not a pretty topic • So no picture here • But still know most Chinese toilets they don’t prepare it • We bring our own

  25. DO HAGGLING !!! • Price go up to three times for street business when they see a foreigner • E.g. A fake Hermes belt • Me start with 50 yuan, I haggled to 30 yuan • Foreigner guy start with 250 he haggled until 150 yuan and super happy

  26. DO HAGGLING !!! • But don’t do that in Chinese Carrefour ok? • u will be thrown out

  27. TAP WATER NOOOOOO！ • Don’tdrinkit

  28. You guys are rock stars • If everyone is staring at you • Don’t take it offensively • Just enjoy • For some of them • So rare to see foreigner

  29. Sim card info • There is 81 元 in that sim card • Originally you got free 1 Gb data and after that it’s 1 元 for every 800M data • Calling cost 0.1 元/min(between Chinese phones, not international) • Wechat data is totally free so no worries

  30. You guys represent the whole western world • PLEASE BEHAVE • When you not • People are not gonna say “ Laurens is such a bad boy” • Instead • They are going to say “check out that foreigner, wtf is he doing” • And then bad impression on • Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish,American, Danish, Swedish…….

  31. Questions? 3rd info session 27-02-2019 18:30 in room 03.13.01

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