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View all →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.
A 3-Day Hangzhou Route: West Lake, Lingyin, Xixi Wetland
Three days across Hangzhou: the West Lake loop by bike, the temples and old streets of the second day, and the wetlands and canal-side lanes of the third.
Chongqing 1949 Grand Theatre: A Rotating Stage in Chongqing
The Chongqing 1949 Grand Theatre stages the five days before the city's liberation on a 360-degree rotating stage, with the audience turning with the set.
Should you travel China during Golden Week?
Mainland China's 2026 public holidays with exact dates, make-up workdays and the two windows worth avoiding. Golden Week runs October 1 to 7; Spring Festival stretches to nine days.
Yong She Shanghai: The 60 sqm Open-Plan Room
Yong She's 60-square-metre open-plan room in Shanghai keeps sleeping, sitting and bathing areas in one continuous space — the layout is the reason to book it.
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