• There are 3 cellphone service providers in China - China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom. Of these, the best option for foreign travelers is Unicom because they're…

1. Taxi - no Uber in China, local version is called DiDi, available in English works similar to Uber

2. Metro - need to get off at…

Shanghai is an immense city with many different neighborhoods. It's impossible to see them all without spending 2-3 weeks there.

But the most iconic ones are only a…

Shanghai is a really big city with many diverse districts and areas. It's worth mentioning that it's convenient everywhere in Shanghai - the metro system is wide spread…

Having visited Shanghai numerous times since moving to HK, it's pretty obvious that the air pollution has gotten a lot better in recent years (the worst was in…

Shanghai is generally pretty safe, however pay attention to the following:

• traffic: obey the traffic light, don't follow the local's bad example. that being said, many locals don't…

There's a self-service luggage storage station inside the Shanghai Train Station. Mind that this is NOT Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station, but the old train station of Shanghai. Also…

• Make sure you are on the right train as the metro splits into 2 routes at Longxi Station (see photo)
• Hongqiao Airport: It goes first to T1…

From Pudong Airport:

1. Take the maglev (CNY 40 for one way with an e-ticket) and transfer to the metro.
2. Use the airport shuttle bus.

From Hongqiao Airport:

1. The…

• Most nationalities require visa to visit China properly, but most people don't know that China offers what's called Transit Without a Visa (TWOV) that lets you visit China…