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View all →Emergency numbers and hospitals in China: who to call
China has no 911. Dial 120 for an ambulance, 110 for police, 119 for fire, 122 for traffic accidents. Here is what happens next, what it costs, and which hospitals treat foreigners in English.
Search 新世界庄园, not New World Manor, in Changsha
新世界庄园 in Changsha comes attached to one tag — 破笼之宴 — and an English search for it returns a different manor entirely. Hours, tickets and transport for the real one aren't published.
Yangmei Zhu Xiejie: A One-Hour Beijing Hutong Walk
A twelve-stop walk along Yangmei Zhu Xiejie, from a sesame-paste latte to paper-cut city maps, doable in about an hour.
How to order food in China without speaking any Chinese
Set up WeChat and Alipay before you land and you can order, customise and pay for a meal in China by tapping a QR code on the table — no Mandarin required.
China travel apps: seven to install before you fly
Seven apps do most of the work in China: Alipay and WeChat Pay for money, AMap Global for maps, DiDi for cars, Railway 12306 for trains, plus a VPN and an offline translator. Set them up before you fly.
Best time to visit China by region: a month-by-month comparison
Shanghai's plum rains, the south's typhoon months, Tibet's monsoon and two national holiday weeks fall in different months. Match the region to the calendar before you book.
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