We used a firewall with a free trial when we went to China. It was a good use of a few free days.
It's an interesting experience in China to be in such a homogenous group of people. Not only are they all Chinese, but because of restrictions on moving, most of the people in a given area are part of families who have lived in the same area for thousands of years. This was particularly evident to us in Guangzhou. I bet you were quite a sight to some folks! As far as white people go, you're really white and blonde with blue eyes and quite tall. Fox and I didn't stand out to quite the same degree, but we still stood out quite a bit. A kid on the subway started talking to me and said, "foreigners don't usually take the subway."
As for currency: "The yuan (元/圆) (sign: ¥) is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts. (The distinction between the terms "renminbi" and "yuan" is similar to that between sterling and pound, which respectively refer to the British currency and its primary unit.[3])" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi (I was confused by this too, which is why I knew Wikipedia could answer this specific confusion!)
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Date: 2014-06-15 02:47 am (UTC)It's an interesting experience in China to be in such a homogenous group of people. Not only are they all Chinese, but because of restrictions on moving, most of the people in a given area are part of families who have lived in the same area for thousands of years. This was particularly evident to us in Guangzhou. I bet you were quite a sight to some folks! As far as white people go, you're really white and blonde with blue eyes and quite tall. Fox and I didn't stand out to quite the same degree, but we still stood out quite a bit. A kid on the subway started talking to me and said, "foreigners don't usually take the subway."
As for currency: "The yuan (元/圆) (sign: ¥) is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts. (The distinction between the terms "renminbi" and "yuan" is similar to that between sterling and pound, which respectively refer to the British currency and its primary unit.[3])" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi (I was confused by this too, which is why I knew Wikipedia could answer this specific confusion!)