Re:Emmanuel Macron presidency prompts French startup boom
by bogomipz on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:16AM
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>" It also makes things less flexible: as I understand, authorities must be notified of exact travel plans before you depart."
This isn't true. You are free to travel wherever and whenever you want in China provided you have a visa. Tibet might require a special approval but nowhere else. The visa is also good for 10 years. Also if you are a Westerner, hotels and taxis are a really good value in China. Lastly there are much better flight options into Beijing than there are into Taipei and so would more than offset the cost of the visa.
Re:Emmanuel Macron presidency prompts French startup boom
by linkregister on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:37PM
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It appears to be worth it to pay the entry visa to (PRC) China; Taipei is certainly an amazing city, but the mainland has much more history and tourist opportunities. I hope to visit it one day.
Sure -- 'doesn't require me to get a visa' as in I don't have to make a trip to an embassy or pay a fee.
I'm sure I'll visit China eventually, but for the sort of low-budget travelling I'm doing, an entry visa represents a not-insignificant amount of the total cost. It also makes things less flexible: as I understand, authorities must be notified of exact travel plans before you depart.