I'll be honest: I was a bit scared before coming to China 🇨🇳 Turns out, as usual, the media had it all wrong 10 days in Shanghai and everything just works: ✅ food is great 
✅ super safe 
✅ quality of stuff is high 
✅ accommodation is good 
✅ people are open, and many speak English (at least in Shanghai) 
✅ very affordable, you could easily stay longer How to actually get around: 📱 You use Alipay to pay for everything: metro, taxi, food, shops. I have not seen cash yet 
📶 eSIM just works, everywhere 
🗺️ Chinese people love Apple here (there is the biggest Apple Store I have seen in my life in Shanghai). so, I was surprised, but Apple Maps just works fine and even shows which metro lines to take. no problem moving around 
🪧 Street names are in Chinese and English And the city itself is unreal. Skyscrapers everywhere, old and new mixed together, full cyberpunk megacity vibes Definitely gonna stay full 4 weeks here. Next stop: Chongqing 🌆 @levelsio and @dhh were right. it's worth it