First 72 hours in China

Make the first three days boring in the best way.

First check if your route works. Then make the first three days easy: phone data, payment, hotel address, late-night transport, toilets, cash, plugs, medicine, and train-station backup.

Set up China appsOpen daily checklist

Use this after the route check

The hard part is often the first hour after landing.

You may know the 240h rule and still get stuck because the map needs a phone number, payment fails, the hotel address is only in Chinese, or the train app asks for passport details. Use these guides before you make the trip too complicated.

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