Ken, at least you know you're going to be there a long time. That's a step ahead of me when my last trip was extended from one week to 4.5 in total --- all with four days of clothes!

I'm heading back to PVG myself this weekend and am bringing more clothes this time.

Regardign money, ATMs are everywhere in PEK and I've not had an issue using my Bank of America card over there. I find this far preferable to carryin-around large amounts of cash. I would arrive with approximately $100 in local currenty (around 800 RMB) and no more.