Originally Posted by
ijgordon
I know you can do a group tour without getting a visa in advance, perhaps they have shopping-specific trips? You'd have to stay with the group presumably.
A handful of years ago I did a day trip to Shenzhen and Guangzhou on a tour bus (we took train back from GZ).
I thought the group tour thing only applied to Hainan Island. More info would be very interesting, if you have it.