tommycherry 3mo

I’ve been told a lot that Rednote and WeChat are good ways to meet people. They have “English corner” activities frequently, which are public events you can go to for locals/tourists/expats to all mingle (and do a language exchange thing for the Chinese people to practice English and foreigners to practice Chinese). I’ve gone to some of them and they’ve been cool. Like 95% Chinese so far

tommycherry 3mo

This is for Shanghai, but I assume Guangzhou and Shenzhen have similar stuff

tommycherry 3mo

There’s also this thing called 搭子 where you make a post on rednote about what you’re interested in and finding people to hang out with. “I want a 搭子 or group of 搭子 to work out with at the gym” type of thing. I just made my own 搭子 post so I’m hoping people actually see it lol. Marking ur location on the post makes it much easier for people nearby to you ofc

tomjamesdj 3mo

Yabuli, Feb 9-13

tomjamesdj 3mo

Will do after!

tomjamesdj 3mo

My trip.com eSIM allows hotspot

jmshome 3mo

This is all really great, thank you!

7rulnik 3mo

do google services work? gmail and so on?

softail96 3mo

New to the site, living in Guangzhou. Any GHZers here?

softail96 3mo

Damn, I might have a hard time working in such a beautiful spot, Marina.

softail96 3mo

/Tommy

tanbalb 3mo

Hi guys, any one here uses Claude Code in China? Is it reliable with VPN? I will visit a friend for a week and need to maybe get some work done! Thanks for your help

7rulnik 3mo

you need vpn with modern protocol (vless, trojan, shadowsocks). But speed and reliability could depend on you location and provider

Or you can buy esim on trip.com with singapore ip/roaming, not hong kong / macau one.
This one for example https://www.trip.com/things-to-do/detail/53873746?locale=en-XX&curr=USD
(usually it says something about chatgpt)

tomjamesdj 3mo

Of course

amazingdavid 3mo

Oh right don't know we have this channel.

Heading China for the Lunar New Year, any recommendations for places to visit in China?
I am looking for some indie developer community, I’d love to meet new people, explore and meet new friends!

Anyone there already?

amazingdavid 3mo

Have you guys considered bring Starlink when you entry China?

amazingdavid 3mo

is this still happening?

amazingdavid 3mo

Oh shit it's illegal

workanywherego 3mo

Yes!! Next one will be March 28 to Apr 3, Google SinovateX ( not sure if I can send a link here)

workanywherego 3mo

https://www.sinovatex.com/

amazingdavid 3mo

nice

I can join you.

amazingdavid 3mo

hi all

Has anyone experienced some difficulties to get married with a Chinese as a foreigner?

I am not sure about if I can get married with a Chinese if I have a tourist visa..

tanbalb 3mo

Thank you Valentin

tomjamesdj 3mo

So I'm in Yabuli. Have been skiing last 2 days - my first time skiing!

Only $20 to ski for 3 hours inlcuding all ski equipment.

Tomorrow I will go for the full pass of the whole resort to ski all runs. This is $57 for the whole day, including all equipment.

Has been amazing so far but I'm only a beginner so I can't give much opinion on how good it is! haha

7rulnik 3mo

Yeah, ski rent prices are surprisingly fine

I am in Thaiwoo right now, close to chongli area. Resort is nice, not the biggest but snowpark is good one. It has features for every level

$40 for 4 hours
$57 for a day
$87 for 2 days

7rulnik 3mo

also it's a really windy area
On saturday it was -17 degrees celsius 🥶🥶🥶
But last days are nice

Will move to Nanshan Ski Village in couple of weeks

7rulnik 3mo

please post some photos 🙂
And map of ski area please!

And couple of photos of a snowpark (if there exist one of couse)

dawids 2mo

Hi everyone. I’ll be in Beijing tomorrow for the better part of the day. Would love to hang out and grab some food together.

I’m a startup founder with tech background and interest in languages and different cultures.

camelliayang 2mo

Where does anyone find accommodation and local meetups in China?

amazingdavid 2mo

Anyone in Hui Zhou? Can meet up

amazingdavid 2mo

Using Mullvad oh my God it is so slow on desktop

7rulnik 2mo

it's better to find vpn with vless protocol

daveblogger 2mo

Any of digi nomad experience too mamy dust in canton area in brand new building?

marinafedorova 2mo

Welcome to China! 😁 Pollution and dust levels are elevated almost everywhere. Check your air quality in area

marinafedorova 2mo

LetsVPN is the best for me, no device dependency

tommycherry 2mo

In Shanghai, anyone around?

amazingdavid 2mo

Are there anyone in Shenzhen?

amazingdavid 2mo

Going to be there for a week. We can book a cafe to do some coding/work!

mohammada 2mo

Hello everyone
I’ll be in China starting June 16 for about 10 days, possibly longer. The trip includes business meetings and some travel around Shanghai, Shenzhen, and other cities. I’m looking for a travel partner or someone to explore with during the trip.

lukefly 2mo

Are you chinese？ I'm plan totravel to tokyo

lukefly 2mo

Are you chinese？ I plan to travel to tokyo

tommycherry 2mo

I’m leaving in May sadly

tommycherry 2mo

Anyone know good ways of meeting ppl in Shanghai? It’s a struggle out here

mrhuebner 2mo

Hey! I will be staying at the Dweller coliving space near Shanghai for a week from Thursday. On a one month solo-nomading China research trip, also for the Nomad Summit podcast. Let's catch up on the weekend!

limextapa 2mo

Go and practice a sport with locals. Tennis, basketball etc

camelliayang 2mo

I’m going to Shanghai in May. Would be cool to meet some fellow nomads there!

limextapa 2mo

Hidden gem in China for the winter months: Xishuangbanna. Tropical feel without the tourist masses that CM gets.

chrisfe 28d

any recommendations for Chongqing ? Nomad Traveling working 80% ? hotels or "airbnbs" - modern western style

nthnjns 28d

I went on a pretty cool Architectural walking tour with this Chinese dude that spoke decent English. Took me all over town to look at the "weird buildings" (lobby starts on 38th floor, etc). Was cool. Can connect you if you have WeChat. CQ gets old after a few days.

chrisfe 28d

oh wow nice, yes lets connect 🙂

chrisfe 28d

I'm there in 1 month

chrisfe 25d

can anyone recommend good areas in Shenzen? must see areas? good for modern living ?

nthnjns 25d

Just spent a month there. Apartments are a mixed bag. Nanshan (Talent Park station) and Shekou are the most livable hoods. Anywhere near the water/cycle path is ideal. OCT Loft area nice as well. Didi is cheap and plentiful so no need to be right next to a station. There's a 30 minute ferry to HK airport from Shekou with literally zero people at customs so it's easy for foreigners to fly in and out without ever going to HK. Bao'an airport 30 min taxi from Shekou/Nanshan as well.

pranjal 23d

yes, thinking of going to china, this time for 1 month in shanghai, though the internet/vpn issue is real, even with esim the speed is slow

nktvibe 23d

i’m going to china next month
any guide in how to setup 5g vpn in general?

cd 23d

letsvpn

camelliayang 23d

My vpn works very well. I work for an American company and have remote meeting on a weekly basis.

tomcoustols 12d

Hey! In Shanghai/Zhejiang area for 5 month, Cursor Ambassador! Will go to some Hangzhou event and maybe others! Also getting married here xp!

tomcoustols 12d

Saw no one talking about it, but my home made vpn setup is really good, might as well share it in here : Vultr (sing-box) ➔ Hysteria2 / VLESS REALITY ➔ Throne (Clash Meta)

pranjal 12d

interesting

elliotrail 12d

Banger

tomcoustols 12d

Btw, for the whole setup, I'm at exactly 9.86€ month, with 120g 5ga and unlimited Vps/Vpn

athousandcups 12d

you set this up on a vps somewhere?

athousandcups 12d

interested to hear more about the setup :)

tomcoustols 11d

Yes, Vultr! I took the first tier of their Tokyo instance! Been running really well

nthnjns 11d

This could be useful. Usually these last for a month or so then get squashed. Hopefully it works out!

tomcoustols 11d

been running fine for me since 20 days, will keep to update on it!

nktvibe 4d

travelling to dalian next month, is anyone around? ☺️

henryzhou 4d

Guys my vpn broke need alternative help

tomcoustols 4d

hey

tomcoustols 4d

I have both an easy or a complex but better solution, I send some message about it prior that, if you need more info, just send a message!

capygg 4d

Hi friends, do you know if there’s a way to book a place for a month in china? The times I went I used booking to find hotels and that but I want to stay for a month and I would prefer to see cheaper options

limextapa 4d

Just buy an eSIM.

limextapa 4d

Loads of cheap 30-50$ options on trip dot com. Obviously totally depends on which city and which district. I find trip dot com by far the best site for booking all sorts of things in China, including plane and train tickets.

henryzhou 4d

For local people usually use meituan or xiecheng

capygg 4d

thank you

capygg 4d

I would need a local phone or something? I can always translate if Its cheaper

bmyworldesk 4d

Hey everyone,

My wife and I are looking for a place to stay for 3–4 months—anywhere is fine, as long as it’s nice and has a workspace.

Do you know of any good places for this?

henryzhou 4d

Widely used by foreigners

nthnjns 1d

Shenzhen. Lots of good apartments for rent on Trip.com. Book for a week via trip then negotiate offline with the host, they'll usually cut you a deal. Not sure what visa you have but easy to pop over to HK when you need to 'reset' it...

nthnjns 1d

Book for a week via trip then negotiate with the host. It's safer that way because the apartment you rent for a month might suck...

cmart87 1d

Does anyone have an alternative they can recommend?

limextapa 1d

Just any eSIM works.

nthnjns 7h

Shit seems to change every month. Just load up on data with an Esim and you're fine. Tether your computer to your phone. I used Shadowfly for the past two months and it was pretty much fine (would go down now and then) but esims always worked

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