Originally Posted by
berliner91
hey,
i going to HKG on 12/26 and leaving HKG on 12/28 to Shanghai. MY next flight is going to Japan on 12/30. I do have the german passport, so do i need to apply for a visa or can i use the 72h free visa on arrival. .......t
You will not get a visa on arrival. There is no visa involved. There is a Transit Without Visa (English) which in the original Chinese is a 过境免签政策. The distinction is important in both a legal sense and also in what the reaction of your originating airline airline at check-in might be.
Originally Posted by
sinoflyer
Ihre Reise gilt für 72-Stunden Visumfreiheit.
Upon arrival in Shanghai, you must present your onward ticket to Japan to Chinese immigration in order to receive your visa.
(my bolds) Not really conversant in German, but aren't you contradicting yourself here? Visa waiver is correct, what you get in your passport is a special stamp which is not a visa.