China - never a dull moment!

[Cruiser Elite]

There have been ongoing murmurings of a HSR hub like Hongqiao adjacent to PVG for quite some time - how adjacent I do not know - Hongqiao trains -> planes / planes <- trains is just brilliant.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Would Anyone Seriously Buy Any of These Weird Designs

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Clever and creative huh

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Yep I already have my #1 girl in Nanjing searching for some of these on Taobao - some fabulous XMAS gifts coming up

 

[Buzzard]

Have seen these for sale in Zurich and Adelaide

 

[Solid]

Another recommendation for Simon from Simons Service previously recommended by @Cruiser Elite.

Did a Great Wall tour with him recently, fantastic service, even to the extent of booking us tickets for other things we were going to later in the week when we weren’t with him.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Beijing’s new airport Daxing PKX is slowly gaining some traction.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

COSTCO come to Shanghai!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Get your rrrses to Shanghai pronto - Irish Whiskey Coffee

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

China 100 years ago

 

[Buzzard]

A friend who travels to China a lot for work sent me this:

 

[Isochronous]

A friend who travels to China a lot for work sent me this:

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Now that is amusing.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

When people ask for recos of what to do in Shanghai I always respond with 2 ABSOLUTE MUST SEES:
1. Jazz Band at Peace Hotel
2. Night cruise on Huangpu River to see the lights on the Bund and lights over in never never land a.k.a. known as Pudong

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Electronic payments now for foreigners - first AliPay and then WeChat

But bear in mind their will be fee with AliPay to upload - I think 5% - WeChat prolly not free either - but as with everything from the Land of Complication and Contradiction Ts & Cs are scant on clarity

 

[Isochronous]

Electronic payments now for foreigners - first AliPay and then WeChat

But bear in mind their will be fee with AliPay to upload - I think 5% - WeChat prolly not free either - but as with everything from the Land of Complication and Contradiction Ts & Cs are scant on clarity

It was getting a bit hard to sustain tourism when they weren't provided with a means of payment I suppose!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Word is from those currently trying AliPay it is a nightmare with severe limitations on upload amounts

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I am so going to stay here when the new hotel opens up on top - China Zun

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Annoyed time in PEK at 07:30 this morn:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Flew SHA-PEK last Monday - just check the kerbside availability of luggage carts at SHA at pax drop off point - see the shadows - this was well into day at peak time:







SHA by far China's biggest and busiest dom port - a reasonable number of int dep also - and yet always a great supply of baggage carts- PVG and PEK same same for dep - albeit you might have to walk 50mtrs to get one at either of those - Aust dep ports could / should take notice.