Starting this Saturday, non-residents will be able to stay in

So I'm planning on using the trans siberian railroad and finishing in Beijing. So if I do that I only got three days to fuck around? That is lame

>>1075545
>So I'm planning on using the trans siberian railroad and finishing in Beijing. So if I do that I only got three days to fuck around? That is lame
Assuming you're heading into Beijing from Vladivostok by rail, no, you don't even have three days. The 72hr program is only valid if you're entering Beijing by air. You'll need to buy a visa anyway.

South African passports get fucked again for no reason. We can travel visa free to Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, all of South America etc. but we can't be trusted on mainland China. So much for BRICS!

>>1075617
well, you guys are mostly black. so there's a reason for that. are they supposed to open their borders to rhodesia or rwanda?

>>1075619

We have more money than the average Brazilian or Bulgarian or Pole yet they are on the list. You don't ever hear of South Africans living illegally in other countries either.

>>1075646
it's not about money. it's about whether you will commit crime.

south africa has one of the highest rape and murder rates in the world. and there are plenty of them in guangzhou, and the ones in guangzhou DO murder and rape.

so you know what, blacks can stay out

>>1075559
Buy a visa? Lame

>>1075646
Yes but southern brazilians, bulgarians and poles are white and don't rape and pillage each other most of the time.

>Mexico

Build Great Wall.

I would not trust that this new policy gets quickly & effectively communicated to all the people who need to know.

I remember when I was living there and this was first introduced for 3 days for Beijing. I heard from a friend about a German guy & his kid who had tried to take advantage of the new rule but were told at the airport that they need visas. You could find that this was wrong with one Internet search but still, they ended up being detained for 12 hours (probably cos the guy who originally said no didn't want to lose face for admitting his mistake and then the others got offended by the German's frustrated incredulity). I think they were allowed out in the end, though.

Second: when you check in to a hotel in China, as a foreigner, they want your passport every time. They will photocopy the photo page, visa page and often some or all of the stamps you have for coming in and out of the country. It's a police state, go figure. Anyway, the hotels who know how to behave professionally when dealing with foreigners (usually higher end and/or Western owned in the bigger cities) will probably have someone who knows the new rules and you would probably be okay with minimal hassle. But if you are staying at a cheap ho(s)tel, you will be dealing with staff who work for a Dollar an hour and aren't exactly motivated to keep up with industry publications. It is quite possible (I would say likely) that many of these places won't know about the rule change for a while, and even if they do may simply just "play it safe" and refuse you anyway.

Same with unlikely but possible events that may require use of passport like emergency money transfers or dealing with police... you may end up wasting a lot of time.

There is a lot of potential for this to not be plain-sailing at first and if you're smart, don't make yourself a guinea pig for this.

Still worth taking a look at China, though.