Was also recently there for a couple weeks last month, though I would point out that a lot of the goodies in China, would be very very difficult to enjoy for the average foreigner (i.e, those that isn't fluent in Mandarin and don't know the general outlays at lesat to some extent.) for example, driving around with the Gaode map was amazi…
Was also recently there for a couple weeks last month, though I would point out that a lot of the goodies in China, would be very very difficult to enjoy for the average foreigner (i.e, those that isn't fluent in Mandarin and don't know the general outlays at lesat to some extent.) for example, driving around with the Gaode map was amazing, much better than Google map, but then I realized it was in Chinese only .... which obviously isn't a problem for me, but probably will be for quite a few others people I'd suspect :P (granted, to even get to the point of being able to self drive in China itself probably already self selected out the non Chinese speakers. )
Almost all apps now require at least one time phone text confirmation, and most apps can only be registered with local phone numbers, while this is understandable, that combined with a very much self sufficient and large local app eco system, again makes for some serious problems for non speakers .
Was also recently there for a couple weeks last month, though I would point out that a lot of the goodies in China, would be very very difficult to enjoy for the average foreigner (i.e, those that isn't fluent in Mandarin and don't know the general outlays at lesat to some extent.) for example, driving around with the Gaode map was amazing, much better than Google map, but then I realized it was in Chinese only .... which obviously isn't a problem for me, but probably will be for quite a few others people I'd suspect :P (granted, to even get to the point of being able to self drive in China itself probably already self selected out the non Chinese speakers. )
Almost all apps now require at least one time phone text confirmation, and most apps can only be registered with local phone numbers, while this is understandable, that combined with a very much self sufficient and large local app eco system, again makes for some serious problems for non speakers .