why is it so troublesome to spend money in china?
they don't accept cash and they make it difficult to go cashless

any other way?

is cash is still a thing in china?

because all this alipay and wechat seem more troublesome for tourist

china where first
someone i know recently went to shanghai and no VPN needed
but he say those QR pay kinda useless as tourist...they're still mainly for locals, cash is still king for tourist(not sure how true is this though)

actually anybody can tell once and for all which mode of payment that malaysian can setup in malaysia that will work 100% when we reach china?
or just bring cash?

can we use TnG e-wallet there everywhere?

what about TnG?

what you're saying is for individual right?
what about 1 payment mode that i can use for the whole family?

i would hope so too but i still need to at least represent my mom too which don't think she can handle it
so my payment at least have to cover 2 person

this seem to be the easier solution i'm looking for

I think the cheapest rate is still cash
But don't think it's advisable to change tons of cash going there
I'm still contemplating on whether to go ask those money changer do they have small CNY note as well...change it as backup

yes, i just watched a video on IG yesterday some actually found out at china
he also didn't know....reached china, one if his CE powerbank is confiscated...left his other CCC powerbank can go through

so it means it's already in effect so don't risk bringing CE powerbank omboard unless u want it confiscated

those who linked their wechat pay or alipay with WISE card

and you have MYR and CNY inside, when you pay...do they deduct in MYR or the CNY that you bought/stored?

Overseas distributed visa/mastercard credit card/debit card can be used to just tap on their subway train
best to have paywave chip and activated as well

but i saw some american also made videos that they registered alipay/wechatpay, verified it and attached their credit card on it and it doesn't work
they even give the shop owner the phone to go at it
at the end still pay via cash
that's why such services exist for a reason

there is only a handful VPN that works in china

this is one that is recommended by chinese local

https://www.simplelink.app/

try this

it has number, data and VPN(if you opt for the VPN)
you activate using an APP and inside the app, u can pay a small fee to retain the number forever
meaning you can reuse the sim card over and over again
https://shopee.com.my/China-SIM-Card-With-V...537.29933833213

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Aug 26 2025, 09:17 PM

where is this hotel located at and is it like really cheap for this to happen?

never been there yet but i do know their hotels and rooms allowed smoking, there's no way they just ask guest to open window

is there similar review on their agoda's page?

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Aug 31 2025, 09:59 PM

seem like it is true afterall...you're not the 1st to complain about it

https://www.facebook.com/groups/chinatravel...49195001933493/



This post has been edited by MR_alien: Sep 1 2025, 06:00 PM

if not wrong you will get a non-smoking room
but the whole hotel is smoking allowed meaning the hall way will be smoking allowed so u will still smell it

i don't think the price is even near...i cannot speak for other telco
but i've check with my yoodo basically celcomdigi....the roaming alone(not including data yet) is RM120 for 7 days
i had to pay more for data

compare to what this link is offering...this link offered data, number, VPN for RM37
and with that number i can attached it onto my alipay and maybe finally register for wechat
and thn attach that number to dianping and meituan and i can receive OTP

RM58 is for how many days?
RM58 per day sounds crazy