About China in Hand

China in Hand gives practical answers for your trip to mainland China: the rules for getting in, how to pay, how to get online, and what to sort out before you go.

How we work

• Every rule on our pages comes from an official source, such as a government website, an embassy page or the company that runs the service. Each page links to its sources.
• Each page shows when its facts were last checked against those sources.
• When official sources disagree, we show what each one says. We don't pick one and hide the other.
• When official sources don't answer a question, we say so instead of guessing.
• When a page describes steps we have not tried ourselves, it says so.
• We use AI tools to help gather the official sources, draft each page and check it against those sources. A person reads every page before it goes live.

What we are not

China in Hand is not an official or government site. It is not a travel agency. We don't sell tours, book tickets or handle visa applications.

Who runs China in Hand

China in Hand is an independent site run by one person, based in Japan.

How the site is paid for

China in Hand is free to read. Some pages may have affiliate links: if you book or buy through one, the company pays us a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Commissions never decide what a page says. See our Affiliate Disclosure. There are no ads.

Found a mistake?

Please tell us at hello@chinainhand.com. Include the page and, if you can, the official source. We check every report against the official source. If the page is wrong, we fix it and update its date.