for the visa free 15 days, is it per trip? planning to go china on 2 trips, so trip A 15 days, trip B 15 days right?

do you have an answer to this?

Hello, want to check with you, did you tie your wechat pay with a malaysian debit card/credit card? so no issue all the way?

Also to other people... do you use ctrip or Trip for hotel booking? i have just started planning but ctrip looks a tad cheaper than trip for the same hotel. but i think there's verification on the ctrip. more work for me.

Do check what's the card conversion rate, my experience is it turns out trip.com is actually cheaper as paid in RM. But ctrip has better booking experience n options though.

Hi all, would like to ask :

As I am using u mobile U98 package, it has 63 countries data roaming that include China  (China Mobile 4G,  China Unicon 4G / 5G). 

Tour leader from MY said U mobile not good, but the 2 telco listed above are the biggest in China, should be ok right ?

Once you're already in China and you are using U Mobile postpaid plan's free roaming, you will be connected to either China Mobile or China Unicom already, so what is the "not good" part here?

Ask that tour leader.

He said phone can get connected to internet, but super slow speed.  I was very doubtful about this statement, because it will be hooking up with the 2 biggest telcos already.

I know this is probably late. But i think it feels slow because it's mini apps within alipay international. I see the chinese (using alipay chinese version) takes abit faster to pay but not as fast as i imagine either.

Educated guess. No prove. But want to say roaming on maxis works fine for us.

Came back dy, happy to report that U mobile was absolutely flying in China.  Most place with full bar 4G+, which is already very ok for me.  And as we are using data roaming, no China's Great firewall block on FB and whatsapp etc.

At least for all the places in Yun Nan I visited.

You visit which part in Yunnan? Need to bring cash?

You may bring a bit, I reckon about RMB 1k per person will do, most people or outlets have either Wechat QR code or Alipay QR code, and many have both.  So you may use TnG ewallet to pay under Alipay.  For wechat pay you need to reload certain amount before you can use it, if not mistaken.

You may bring a bit, I reckon about RMB 1k per person will do, most people or outlets have either Wechat QR code or Alipay QR code, and many have both.  So you may use TnG ewallet to pay under Alipay.  For wechat pay you need to reload certain amount before you can use it, if not mistaken.

TnG ewallet will charge additional 1% foreign transaction fee if you use it to make QR payments in China, isn't it?

How about using the dedicated Alipay app, and link it with debit card like Wise or GXBank? The exchange rate is the same, isn't it? As long don't exceed RMB 300 to avoid surcharges?

To reload touch n go when in China - do i need to use roaming or do i need to buy china sim card ?

Why would you need to reload touch n go when you are in China? You plan to use touch n go to pay for stuff when in China?

Technically can connect to hotel WiFi and just reload touch n go...

if i am out of credits , then i have to topup