Originally Posted by TravelManKen
No, the apartment is only 7 months old, however it's all Chinese power; the unit wasn't built for western visitors. I'm staying about 5-7km northeast of the Beijing Language & Culture Univ., near the Beishantan Bridge, just north of the Badaling Expressway/4th ring road.
Are you sure about that? I thought the electrical currents in China were a little different and could cause a few challenges if a U.S. power cord is plugged into an outlet. I stopped by IKEA yesterday to see if they had one, however they only had a simple plug converter, not one that converts the power.
I never needed anything else except plug converter anywhere in the world. Most if not all laptops do accept 110-220 power without a converter. Look on the bottom of your laptop or the actual power cord box, and if it says something like 110V-220/240V you are good to go. I travel with HP and a Mac.