Using $US in China
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Using $US in China
It seems to me that I read somewhere that US $ are not accepted in China ie for tipping, small purchases etc where we would not use a credit card. Is this correct?
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Bob
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We just returned from China last week and we did use small US$ for some souvenir type purchases or tipping in the hotels but it was in large cities, also had yuan from either an ATM or hotel. Like said, we did use our credit card for any large purchases but used yuan for most other things.
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Suspaul says:
<i>We just returned from China last week and we did use small US$ for some souvenir type purchases or tipping in the hotels but it was in large cities,</i>
Curious as to what you bought with the US dollars in China and how many US dollars the items cost you?
Aloha!
<i>We just returned from China last week and we did use small US$ for some souvenir type purchases or tipping in the hotels but it was in large cities,</i>
Curious as to what you bought with the US dollars in China and how many US dollars the items cost you?
Aloha!
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hawaiiantraveler - it was our first day in Beijing and we purchased 2 booklets of 10 postcards each, the cost was 1 US$, and as we were on a tour (sure I'll get flack here) we were told to tip the driver and city guides in either USD or Yuan, we used what we had, worked fine for us. Guess I'm just another 'ugly American'.