Sup /trv/,Was informed that USA citizens can stay like 144hr-240hr visa free in China and want to explore it this summer with some time off I have. Can anyone give me the breakdown because I constantly have conflicting info with new/old documents or websites that speak to EU citizens. AFAIK I have to do this:>Fly in from country Taiwan>clock begins ticking at midnight on day I land>in this case 5ish days>Have hotel prebooked and exit flight booked>Register hotel after checking in>Fly out to another country(this case Hong Kong)Is that it? I just have to make sure I leave within 240 hours? Seems fairly straight forward unless I am missing something heard a lot of people complaining about flights and such, but I always have all that shit prepaid and booked before hand. I've only "been" to china precovid which was largely me going through long transit overlays and not leaving the airport/airporthotel
>>2865829kek, only anglo country that doesn't have 14 day visa free nowSucks to be a burger some days I guess New visa system is so fucking good
>>2866022I really don't care to stay too long, getting a china visa isn't hard but I have to be back in the USA to do it. About 1 week in China is good enough for me to see a friend or two and have a weekend drinking.
>>2865829You dont have to 'register' anything if you stay in a hotel, they do it for you. Airbnb or stay with friends you register yourself. Otherwise everything you wrote is correct and it should be smooth sailing.
>>2866088Huh okay, makes sense I guess. Saw a lot of people complaining about hotel shit being complicated, but wouldn't surprise me if that's just people trying to spin the "I'll just find a place to stay when I get there" crowd.
>>2866022>Burgers btfo! Only 10 days instead of 14!!!Who gives a shit? It's fucking China, and it's a massive headache plan. I went when it was 3 days and that was more than enough for me to ever want to visit it again. There are way better options in E/SE Asia.
>>2866022>Hong kong 90 day visa free>Taiwan 90 days visa free>KEKAROO ONLY 10 days in REAL CHYNA!Yes anon it's such a detriment to only have only 10 days visa free in the mainland compared to the carbon copy shit that taiwan and HK offer! think of the smog you miss out on!
>>2866163I think what happens is begpackers try to stay at local hole in the wall "hotels" which are really more like dorms for migrant workers, which are not equipped to register foreigners. Then they complain about hotels being a pain.In 10 years staying at hotels in big and tiny cities thruout the country I've never had a single issue. Though Ive also never stayed somewhere which was <$20/nt
>>2866180I don't know why but I almost always see exclusively german randos doing this shit.
>>2866022I see my opinion has rustled a few jimmys
>>2866200I mean a US citizen can get a 5 year visa for little to no effort, you can do it entirely by mail
>>2866201You don't understand, anon. Think of the *four* extra transit visa days our Anglo brethren get to spend in glorious Beijing.It's unironically over, Yankeebros.
