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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 9:10 am
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Originally Posted by Gongzuokuang
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I use in Shenzhen, and IF they accept cards, then they will generally accept them all.

I make it a practice to always have a cash backup... many places simply accept only cash.
This.

The only exception I've found recently was, after 3 weeks in China, I needed some 'Western' food, and stumbled across a Papa John's. They took CC, but not AMEX. Other than that, I've had great success with it.
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