Beijing Money & Internet
Money and the Internet in Beijing: Paying and Getting Online
Setting up Alipay and WeChat Pay with a foreign card, what cash is still for, what things cost, and the eSIM decision that determines…
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Beijing Tourism Guide
Beijing Tourism Guide is an independently published travel resource covering visas and entry rules, transport, the Great Wall, the hutongs, food and where to stay in Beijing. Its guides are researched from primary sources — consular services, China Railway and the venues themselves — and revisited whenever the practical details change.
Beijing Money & Internet
Beijing Itineraries
Beijing on a Layover: How Much City a Connection Buys
The honest arithmetic of a Beijing layover — what four, five and nine usable hours actually buy, the visa-free transit rules, and why the…
Beijing Itineraries
Beijing on a Second Visit: Five Days Past the Obvious
A five-day return trip: the unrestored Wall at Jinshanling or Jiankou, Yuanmingyuan and 798, the working temples, the western hills, and the two-thirds of…
Beijing Itineraries
Beijing With Kids: A Four-Day Plan That Survives the Week
A four-day Beijing itinerary built for families: one big thing a day, the cable car every time, and honest verdicts on which famous sights…
Beijing Itineraries
A Weekend in Beijing: Friday Night to Sunday Afternoon
A weekend built for its real constraints: a Friday-night arrival, the Great Wall on Saturday, a compressible Sunday on the axis, and what to…
Beijing Itineraries
7 Days in Beijing: A Week That Includes a Rest Day
A seven-day Beijing plan with two Great Wall days, a slow day in the hutongs, and a final day spent either in the western…
Beijing Itineraries
5 Days in Beijing: Four Days of Sights and One of Your Own
Five days planned properly: the four-day core, then three costed versions of the fifth day — a Jinshanling hike, a day trip, or a…
Beijing Itineraries
4 Days in Beijing: The Core Three, Then a Day of Your Own
Four days done well: the standard three-day core kept tight, then five honest options for the fourth day compared on time, cost and whether…
Beijing Itineraries
3 Days in Beijing: Axis, Great Wall and the Two Gardens
Three days done properly: the central axis, Mutianyu, then the Temple of Heaven at dawn and the Summer Palace — with an alternative day…
Beijing Itineraries
2 Days in Beijing: The Axis One Day, the Wall the Next
An hour-by-hour two-day route: the central axis on foot on day one, Mutianyu on day two, with the bookings to make before you fly,…