Originally Posted by
p78
hm
so routing to PEK like this
LHR-PEK-HKG-LHR
or
LHR-HKG-PEK-LHR
and you can get free 72h visa (it should be extended to 144h in PEK by the end of 2017)
Just FYI, China now offers 10-year tourist visas (IIRC for about the same a one-year visa used to cost). Or at least they do for US citizens, though I don't see why UK citizens wouldn't also be included.