Originally Posted by
dh01
Moondog, your information is not correct.
"Visitors are not allowed to leave the transit city to other cities during the 72 hours. They can only depart from the same airport where they get their permit issued."
This is from the Chinese Embassy regarding transit without visa. The TWOV is valid for specific cities, and those cities only.
Moondog is correct.
dh01, sorry but you have some fundamental misunderstandings about how Chinese TWOV works and should therefore be careful about dispensing advice.
As for skchin, I can't tell from the information given since he did not give time of arrival at Shanghai PVG. But assuming it is sometime after 07:30 am, subsquently getting to PEK at 23:30, then leaving PEK at 07:30 the next morning, he is good to go without a visa since the three basics are met:
--total transit time of 24 hours or less for all of China, for a multiple-stop TWOV.
--entered China at PVG from SEA and departed PEK for NRT. USA and Japan are two different countries.
--has confirmed onward ticket for the exit to Japan