China travel & connectivity tips
Practical, honest guides to staying connected on a trip to China — written by the team behind the app.
A First-Timer's Connectivity Checklist for Beijing and Shanghai
A practical, week-by-week phone checklist for a first China trip: what to install and set up before you fly, and what to check in your first hours in the city.
Why Your Home Apps Keep Working on a China Travel eSIM
A travel eSIM for China is a roaming line: its data routes through an international network, so the apps you use at home behave the way they do at home.
Hotel Wi-Fi vs Your eSIM in China: Which One to Trust
Hotel Wi-Fi in China is a local connection under local network rules; a roaming eSIM is not. Why the two behave differently, and the one switch to remember.
Install Before You Fly: Why App Stores Come First
For a China trip the order matters: update your apps and install the eSIM at home, over Wi-Fi, because app stores are the first thing to get hard to reach.
Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau: What Your eSIM Covers
What "mainland China" means on an eSIM plan, why Hong Kong and Macau run separate networks, and how to plan data for a trip that crosses between them.