Walk around a Chinese city at lunchtime or early evening and you’ll start noticing them. Riders in brightly colored helmets and jackets. On electric scooters. Outside restaurants. Beside apartment compounds. Checking their phones. Why are there so many delivery riders? 🥟...
You’re waiting for a train in China when you spot what looks like a drinking-water machine. Great. Then you discover the water coming out is… HOT. Very hot. 😂 Why does a railway station give passengers hot water? 🥟 The Quick...
You’re trying to book a museum, palace or famous attraction in China. Name. Date. Then suddenly: Passport number. You may wonder: “Why do they need my passport just to visit a tourist attraction?” 🥟 The Quick Bite Many popular attractions in...
You arrive at your hotel in China after a long journey. The receptionist asks for your passport. They scan it, enter your details and may spend a little longer checking you in than you expected. You may wonder: “Why does the...
You booked your train online. Payment went through. You have a train number, carriage and seat. But then you wonder: “Where’s my actual ticket?” 😂 🥟 The Quick Bite For ordinary domestic rail travel in China, your booking is generally electronic...
You arrive at a major railway station in China. Huge departure hall. Security screening. Rows of seats. Electronic departure boards. And you wait for your gate to open before going down to the platform. “Wait… am I taking a train or...
You sit down at a restaurant in China. You wait for the menu. Instead, someone points at a little square on the table. A QR code. And you think: “Wait… is THAT the menu? 😂” 🥟 The Quick Bite Quite often,...
You want to pay. Phone. Call a ride. Phone. Order at a restaurant. Scan the QR code. Ride the metro in many cities. Another QR code. After a while, first-time visitors may wonder: “Why does everything in China seem to happen...
You’ve already entered China. So you put your passport safely away. Then the hotel asks for it. The railway needs it. An attraction may ask for it. And you start wondering: “Why am I showing my passport again? 😂” 🥟 The...
You walk into a Chinese metro station. Before you even reach the platform, someone points at your backpack. Onto the scanner it goes. And you may think: “Security? For the subway?” 😂 🥟 The Quick Bite Bag security checks are a...
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