Money & Payment

Alipay, WeChat Pay, cash fallbacks

3 guides

01Alipay: Set Up, Link Your Card, PayRegister Alipay with your home phone number, link a foreign Visa/Mastercard/JCB/Amex, and pay by QR code across China. Includes limits, the 3% fee rule, and fixes for the most common failures.alipay · payment · qr-code · foreign-card 02WeChat Pay: Setup and When to Use ItWeChat is essential for messaging in China; WeChat Pay is your backup wallet. How to register without getting blocked, link a foreign card, pay via QR, and what foreign cards cannot do.wechat · wechat-pay · payment · messaging 03Cash, Cards, and Payment FallbacksHow much cash to carry, which ATMs take foreign cards, hotel deposits, hidden restaurant fees, and the pay-first rule at hospitals — everything for when QR payments don't cut it.cash · atm · credit-card · deposit