I’ve been using my UnionPay card in Rudong, Nantong in the mainland via QuickPay with no issues in restaurants. A charge made on Saturday night in RMB posted the next day in USD. That’s very fast!

I went to Daniang Dumpling 🥟 and even though the door displayed a UnionPay sticker, they refused the card stating they can only scan a barcode.

At Papa John’s they tried to test it with 0.01 RMB and it failed. I told them that’s too small and try 1 RMB which worked and they got excited, lol! I think they wanted to test it because they couldn’t believe a Caucasian would have this card.

Are Visa and MC just not accepted at all in smaller cities in China or do they just not display the sticker and could still work? My hotel took my company MC for the room but the restaurant down the hall in the hotel wouldn’t take it.

Also curious, did anyone ever get a credit line other than $8,000 ? ;-)