Originally Posted by
iahphx
Also, I was a bit surprised that wired access was much more common than wireless in Chinese hotels (both Western-run and Chinese-managed). They always had a cord available, though. But maybe it would also be a good idea to bring one if you have one.
+1. The cords tend to be missing or junk. Shaky plugs and iffy internal conections. At one "budget" motel (think Motel 6 de Shanghai) the provided cords were made from solid wire, the cheaper stuff used to wire buildings, not stranded wire like a proper cord needs to be. Go to Best Buy and get a good quality 6 or 8 foot cord and take it with you back to the country where it was made.
As for censorship, I never had any trouble accessing Flyertalk. ^ The Great Firewall did uniformly block my favored news sites like the Huffington Post.
They don't want you reading such stuff over there.