What's new
We keep our guides current and we show our work. Here is what we have shipped recently — the same updates every member gets automatically.
Alipay made the primary checkout rail
Paying with Alipay now doubles as a live confirmation that your Alipay setup works before you fly. Stablecoin payment was demoted to a fallback option rather than an equal choice.
Absolute claims removed sitewide
Unverifiable phrasing such as “kills 90% of it” and “one of the world’s safest big cities” was replaced with hedged, checkable statements.
Single source registry with review windows
Review dates moved out of six separate page files into one registry. Topics past their review window now declare themselves unverified instead of showing a stale date.
Wikimedia Commons attribution rendered
Photos sourced from Wikimedia Commons now display the file, a link back to its Commons page and the CC BY-SA licence, as the licence requires.
Product proof, review policy and service scope added
- Added detailed Guide Vault preview and proof blocks
- Published no-fake-review policy and service scope pages
- Added service boundary matrix to Pricing and Membership
- Critical commercial pages remain no-cache and D1 products force-sync on deploy
Complete commercial funnel shipped
- Complete Pass is the main all-current-city bundle
- Explorer repositioned as city-library-only price anchor
- Homepage, pricing, product pages, order pages and Guide Vault now point to the next commercial step
- Deploy script force-syncs D1 product pricing after deployment
Beijing rebuilt to flagship standard
- Added real-photo figures throughout the guide
- New “How many days do you need” planner
- New onward high-speed-rail section with fares and boarding tips
- Refreshed metro, seasons and official-rules sections
Clearer value, honest pricing
- Rewrote the homepage around practical tools and one-stop booking
- Added a plain-English explainer on why our guides are worth paying for
- A full range of one-time packages, sorted low to high
Every city held to the Beijing standard
- Introduced an automated quality check so no city ships below our flagship
- Published a written optimization standard for all future guides
Compliant, foreigner-friendly payment
- Streamlined Alipay checkout
- Order access and available materials follow recorded payment and current order status
City guides expanded
- Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guilin, Sanya and more
- Free China Survival Kit available to every traveler
Every claim that can expire, and when we last checked it.
Travel rules change. Rather than implying the whole site is permanently current, each time-sensitive topic carries its own review date and official source. Topics past their review window are flagged here and on the page itself, and are marked unverified until re-checked.