Honest tips, local insights, and everything you need to know before you arrive — written by a Chengdu local who's lived abroad.
Visa, payment apps, SIM cards, VPN, high-speed trains — everything that confuses first-time visitors to China, explained clearly by someone who's navigated both sides.
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Read More →Skip the tourist traps. These are the teahouses Chengdu people actually go to — ranked and explained by a local who's been to every one of them.
Read More →Forget the tourist-facing hotpot chains. These are the spots Chengdu residents return to week after week — from hole-in-the-wall breakfast joints to the best dan dan noodles in Yulin.
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