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Travellers with suitcases wait in the official taxi queue outside a Chinese airport arrivals hall while a dispatcher waves the next taxi forward
City Transport

Taxis in China: How to Hail, Pay, Avoid Scams and When to Use Ride-Hailing

How to flag a taxi in China, pay by cash, QR code or card, what the meter costs in major cities, where airport taxi...

16 min read
A traveller with a backpack holds up her phone as she steps toward the open front door of a city bus at a stop in China
City Transport

Public Buses in China: How to Pay, Ride and Know Your Stop

How to ride city buses in China as a visitor: paying by ride code, card or exact coins, tapping on and off, knowing...

15 min read
A traveler taps a contactless bank card on a Chinese metro gate while another rider scans a phone QR code at the next gate
City Transport

China Metro Guide: Paying, Fares, Last Trains and Airport Lines in 10 Cities

Where you can tap a foreign card at the gate and where you need a QR code, how fares and day passes work, last...

20 min read
A city street corner in China with a metro entrance, a row of shared bikes, a taxi at the curb and a bus approaching, as a traveller checks her phone
City Transport

Getting Around Chinese Cities: Metro, Taxi, DiDi, Bus and Bike

Metro by default, taxis or DiDi for door-to-door and late nights, buses and shared bikes for short hops. What each...

15 min read

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