Originally Posted by
Majuki
My other half is from Taiwan, so she has little desire to visit the Mainland either. To date, we still haven't visited, so I haven't had the displeasure of experiencing forced DCC. We'll be back in Macau and Hong Kong in October, so I can test out a few problem spots if you'd like with my USD denominated card.
While you guys might hate "Mainland China", Taiwan's --and to a much lesser extent, Hong Kong's-- economies are dependent upon it for their survival. In spite of this "macro" stuff, China is pretty cool country on the personal level.
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percysmith: The restaurant manager I told you about here in Shekou is really looking forward to meeting you because he is embarrassed by DCC, and wants to fix the problem. He promises us free drinks for our efforts.