Originally Posted by theddo

Perhaps I was lucky. In Shanghai I stayed at two different hotels, both had plugs that could fit at least the European and American standard. When I travelled out I stayed in private residencies and they to had the same plugs, but they had specific plugs around the apartment for the AC, the TV and so on.

They looked like this:


I was told the lowest three pins were for the "Chinese standard" but I can't really know for sure.