Originally Posted by
garethmorgan
What about data sims? (I'm presuming that I'll need to cut down a full sized sim to micro size for an iPad)
There's a fun little uni-tasker tool for this
http://www.cutmysim.com/
In my own research, I saw there is a 98 RMB 3G pre-pay plan from China Unicom that requires a passport and isn't available at all China Unicom offices. I didn't get a chance to test this out.