China tourism

Opinion | China sends message it wants foreign visitors to spend money, whether they pay in cash or through mobile payment apps

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To be fair to the British newspaper, the full headline is “Cash is king – for now: China signals it will slow transition to cashless society”, and the article below it outlines how rare cash now is, at least in the big cities. Going to Shenzhen? A guide to visas, the apps you need and … Read more

Once a backpacker hot spot, how China’s Yangshuo has succumbed to mass-market domestic tourism – though some holdouts from its ‘cooler’ past remain

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“I’d guess that over 50 per cent of establishments along West Street were foreign-run when I first showed up,” says Scott Spencer, who visited in 2002 but settled in 2003, during the 2002-04 Sars outbreak, a precursor to the Covid-19 pandemic. Karst mountains rise above the town of Yangshuo on the Li River. Photo: Shutterstock … Read more