Originally Posted by moondog
cards are accepted at most establishments i frequent, but i usually carry around $50 at all times because taxis, street stalls, and local restaurants don't take plastic. atms are fairly ubiquitous, but some don't take US cards and others go offline fairly often.
I don't know if this has been asked before but I'll ask anyway -- should the cash be in both dollars and yuans? I assume that the local ATMs just dispense yuans and I should bring dollars in small denominations.