chrisfe 5mo

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

nthnjns 5mo

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 5mo

oh wow nice, yes lets connect 🙂

chrisfe 5mo

I'm there in 1 month

chrisfe 4mo

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

nthnjns 4mo

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 4mo

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 4mo

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

cd 4mo

letsvpn

camelliayang 4mo

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

tomcoustols 4mo

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 4mo

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 4mo

interesting

elliotrail 4mo

Banger

tomcoustols 4mo

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

athousandcups 4mo

you set this up on a vps somewhere?

athousandcups 4mo

interested to hear more about the setup :)

tomcoustols 4mo

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

nthnjns 4mo

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

tomcoustols 4mo

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

nktvibe 4mo

travelling to dalian next month, is anyone around? ☺️

henryzhou 4mo

Guys my vpn broke need alternative help

tomcoustols 4mo

hey

tomcoustols 4mo

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 4mo

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 4mo

Just buy an eSIM.

limextapa 4mo

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 4mo

For local people usually use meituan or xiecheng

capygg 4mo

thank you

capygg 4mo

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

bmyworldesk 4mo

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 4mo

Widely used by foreigners

nthnjns 4mo

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 4mo

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 4mo

Does anyone have an alternative they can recommend?

limextapa 4mo

Just any eSIM works.

nthnjns 4mo

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

tomcoustols 4mo

there are solution out there...

tomcoustols 4mo

I shared many links

benjiben 4mo

Oh damn that sucks

tomcoustols 4mo

nihao.gwshudong.com

tomcoustols 4mo

and also, if you are handy and staying in china for a long time

tomcoustols 4mo

A vps of your own in which you setup a vpn is totally viable

henryzhou 3mo

Use this

henryzhou 3mo

Works well ,appreciate 🫡

tomcoustols 3mo

hehe, nice I could help!!

mariolin 3mo

Hi Everybody..I live in Quanzhou Fujian China

tomcoustols 3mo

Hey meezzhjcpp Is SohuUAV your company? So cool!!

camelliayang 3mo

I relocated to China for 6 months! Will be in Beijing this week. Anyone here?

umarmuhandis 3mo

nǐ hǎo everyone 👋, heading to china tomorrow for 8 days. would be happy to grab a coffee ;)

simitandchill 3mo

https://www.varedelo.com/v/qGnrFmJEepc

sharkqwy 3mo

Any nomad at this month's muShanghai event, would be happy to meet!

nreshard 3mo

Hi all, is there anyone that is willing to help me get on the wechat? I'm traveling this month and would like to get my account set up.

7rulnik 3mo

You can just register it with foreign phone number and verify with credit card

nreshard 2mo

Nope it makes me do a qr code scan from an active wechat account.

tomcoustols 29d

If your still around, will try to lay a hand!

tomcoustols 29d

Anyone in Shanghai for the ai event?

realjfmo 29d

what event?

chromery 25d

Yeah, what event?

sharkqwy 23d

The WAIC, already finished

paulob 11d

Anyone in shenzhen? Ill be around for a long while

paulob 11d

Just found some apartments to rent along the coast from Sz for around 150 to 350usd per month

chaichungsang 11d

Nice

austinerkl 11d

wtf 😭 what site? Trip.com is all I use for China but not many cheap options in Shenzhen. Rest of China though yes

paulob 11d

These cheap rents require 25 min high speed rail journey or bus

paulob 11d

Nothing is advertised on trip either, you have to go direct to local agency or owner. There are 100s though

austinerkl 11d

No website? Yeah I stayed near the airport / convention center at a serviced apartment hotel for $15 a night but was an hour subway to the city :/

nthnjns 11d

Lot of issues renting to foreigners in some of those places. Gotta use an agency to tell you what's possible

paulob 11d

There is a Chinese app where you can pay nightly rate, which is cheaper than trip. 25% cheaper ish

austinerkl 11d

Broooo it’s the same yellow cartoon app as food delivery , meuitan . Dang I didn’t even know, feel like it’s a roll of the dice if they accept foreigners though. Like last week I was told by Vienna classic hotel that I was a security risk n they couldn’t check me in (think this was just an excuse for saying they don’t know how to register foreigners properly).

javivadillo 10d

Any contract limits or can I rent for just a few months?

paulob 10d

Ill find out, I think could be 6 months, maybe a year. Cheap enough to walk away and lose your deposit. Border runs to Hong kong if you only have 30 day visa entry. Ill try and gather some contacts.

nthnjns 10d

Which app?

nthnjns 10d

Yeah meituan apartments are not really meant for foreigners but sometimes you get lucky. Technically they are required to but a lot don't bother. One time a local just handed me the police registration app and had me fill it out for them. I think they couldn't read my passport (not that I could read the Chinese app). The major issue for long term nomading in China is that there is not an Airbnb equivalent with vetted, honest reviews. Local Airbnb not useful and trip/booking are a mixed bag...

austinerkl 10d

I can’t get past the WiFi / firewall. Have to rely on hotspot, are there any true unlimited eSIMs? Feel like they always cap at 50 of 100gb. I end up going through $50-$100 in eSIMs when in China

nthnjns 10d

I use 3hk sim...just top up when I run low. Never bother with VPN or wifi. It's $$ but no issues ever

paulob 10d

I spent about 40usd on alipay app, unlimited and have been streaming films, tv YouTube for a few weeks now

shanvy 7d

Where is this?

camelliayang 7d

Anyone will be in Shanghai mid-September? If there are more than 5 people I’ll organise a meet up

paulob 7d

10 mile silver beach. Tbf, cheap rents can be found in many coastal resorts in china

shanvy 7d

This area?

paulob 6d

Yh. That's right

paulob 6d

Although that video i sent is further to the left, nearer shenzhen

paulob 6d

Have been spending time in a few locations to find permanent base

donaldkhlee 4d

Dang will be flying into Beijing mid september and be in Shanghai more in first week of Oct.

emrahkurt 4d

Hi!
For my doctoral dissertation, I would like to conduct interviews via Zoom about digital nomads. The interviews will be voice-only and will consist of several questions on the topic. Would anyone be willing to participate and help me with my research?

silviabarros 20h

Just arrived to Shenzhen! How is it going for you? I have so many questions ahahah

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