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[quote=APAULT,261759]You will NOT find many shops that will accept a credit card, but you can use it in ATM's readily enough.  If you are going to country areas you should get a supply of local currency first.  If you are staying a while it is easy to open a bank account (though you will need to take a translator to most banks) and get an ATM card, not a credit card.  Then you can use your visa card to get a large sum and deposit in the local account.  There are small charges for using ATM's away from your home bank.

You mentioned $50 which at 6 point something to the Aussie dollar (the real dollar these days) that's over 300 rmb.  If that is purely spending money on top of a pre-paid tour it should be plenty as long as you keep away from the Shanghai pubs and clubs.  If you plan to pay for everything out of that sum, you can still do it.  I travel on under 200rmb a day, but I stay in very basic hotels and hostels, don't eat in big restaurants, and rarely go to a bar (I drink my beer sitting a plastic stool outside a shop and observe life).  I am clearly very different from Danny! - I wouldn't know how to spend 1000rmb a day! If you want to know more about costs I suggest you explain your needs/style and we can answer more.[/quote]

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