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Unfortunately, current version of Alipay does not accept foreign bank card top ups. If you have a friend who has Chinese bank card, you could ask them to top up for you. It's under "me" - "balance" - "recharge", then select recharge method.

@@leonardngseepin3232 Good question. There is a bond between DiDi & Alipay, same as WeChat pay, it calculates in points, like supermarket gives you points for reward. If you use Alipay with your account enough times, like paying for groceries, food, travel etc. the bond will strengthen. When you accumulated 500 points, you could delay your pay until you use DiDi the next time.

@@Atlantajourney Most merchants in Hong Kong and Macao use the same Alipay pay. There is only once I encountered that one of the Macao Casino restaurants only accept Alipay from Chinese bank card payments. But if that’s the case, they would accept international credit cards. So either way there should not be an issue for paying.

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@@dotaprotv5843 it automatically calculates the rate, it usually goes with your bank exchange rate. If you want o know the daily rate, there is an exchange rate icon on the main page, you could use that to calculate the general exchange rate.

@@Merci167 Sure. You could use Alipay with foreign SIM cards. The down site is you might have limited access to other apps.

When you set up Alipay payment, you will need to set up an Alipay payment password which is different to the password you set up with your credit card in the bank. If that is what you meant.

There is a section in the 12306 app called Passenger under Me, click Add Passenger then you could add anyone's details on there. When you have selected your trip, the app will ask you to add passengers, here you could add any passenger you have stored previously or add new ones. You could buy any one a ticket except Chinese people who is using Chinese National card for boarding, if you registered the app with a foreign passport. But if someone registered the app with Chinese National cards, then they could purchase for anyone they want.

I was wondering the same thing when I heard 2 beeps for the first time, but it doesn't. The entrance could only be scanned once, if the app tent to scan the second time, it will appear and error message.

@@HappyVibeHunter thanks a for your reply and also for your video. It's a great help!

@@Irisbeacon Yes, I would recommend to have a few hundred Yuan and get some 50 Yuan notes just in case some smaller merchants may not have change. Also you could set up and use WeChat pay as a back up plan before using cash.

Alipay didn’t work in one small local restaurant during my recent trip to China. They had already prepared my food, but as I had some cash from my previous trip to China, a major embarrassment was avoided.

@@hdt8112 thanks for sharing! i decided to just bring some currency with me, just in case.

@@chaneliza6075 There is a metro line called Guang Fo Line, which connects Guangzhou & Foshan. I assume that you meant Linhe Disctric near Gusngzhou East Station. Depending on where you are staying, you could catch metro from Guangzhou East station (Line 1) or Linhe West Station (Line 3 North Route) to Tiyu West Road Station, then at this station change to Line 3 and get off at Lijiao Station, which is the terminal of Guang Fo Line.

Gmail is still able to receive emails while you are in China. Accessing gmail, google and TH-cam is blocked in China, and that's why people say it doesn't work. I am using LetsVpn for my phone and laptop, it costs about US$3 - 6 per 30 days, or cheaper for less days for subscription. If you choose to use LetsVPN, make sure you buy the sub before you enter China mainland. If you have Iphone, download VPN Cat, this one is free but only works on Iphone. You could use Outlook mail if you don't want to use VPN.

Hi Mate, I would say that it works on most places. I assume that you meant Alipay linked with foreign bank card. In the video, the Alipay is registered with my Australian phone number and linked with my Australian bank card. Even with Chinese bank card, Alipay may not work in smaller merchants in old areas or rural areas. I would still take a few hundred Yuan Cash with me when travelling in China. I am making a video to show how foreign travellers can now use wechat pay with oversea bank card and oversea phone number. When you have both wechat pay and Alipay, it solves 99% of your payment issues while you are in China as a foreigner.

Hi Allysia, I am not sure if the phone call between drivers and passengers is through data or phone number, are you planning on getting a data only phone plan? Because only SIMs from China, Hongkong, Taiwan & Macau works with Didi China. And if you cancelled the trip within 3 mins or before the driver drops off the last passenger, you are free to cancel. The driver could not cancel trips. I have cancelled over hundreds of trips, you might get charged for a small amount of trip service fee if you cancelled the trip really late, but never heard of someone being banned on Didi.

@ Thank you, for your swift response. I will get a local Nbr to supper both Didi n Meituan. Noted on Didi T&C😁

@@Muggel65 yes, it could only make payments with internet data.

@@A7ei6 is it the Singapore & Malaysia one?

@@HappyVibeHunter Malaysia. Trying to figure out how to use 美团外卖 without china phone number too.

@@michaelgoh5830 sorry mate, it needs internet to work. Shanghai you might be able to get away with public WiFi, but in Zhangjiajie you will need Mobile data.

@@HappyVibeHunter Thanks for the info., looks like a China prepaid sim will be needed if I want to use Alipay in Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang town.😂

@@logout010 Sure, high speed rail links connect almost 100% of all major cities except Tibet and Xinjiang.

@@aaronhuang9550 I use “Translate” from App Store. Most of the time is accurate.

You could lie on your back then worm crawl from the edge to the centre glass😊

@@pbworld7858 I would say In Guangzhou, most of the shops would speak Cantonese. Less likely in other places in Canton. There are lots of people from nearby provinces living in Canton.

@@virginia_wong I’m not sure if AlipayHK is the same app as the international version. I know Alipay international version works in China and HK sim could be used to register 12306 railway app.

@@vivalavidamania Thank you for the encouragement!

@@154MambaThank you for the encouragement.

@@yhchong621 sure, the price is the same but trip.com will charge a percentage of booking fee. Around 10-20%.

Also I think if you need to change or cancel the ticket, you MIGHT have to do it in trip.com app or call trip.com customer service instead of going through the ticket sales office at the station.

@@tastyaffordabledelicious7391 I would suggest taking some cash with you as well. Sometimes Alipay don’t work especially in rural area and smaller merchants.