10 things to know before learning Chinese🇨🇳

Mim has already selected 10 things that I want to tell people who are going to study in China.

🌟 10 things to know before you study in China.

1. Don't forget to open roaming. If you don't do it, you can't accept Thai OTP.

2. No need to do esim. When coming to China at first, seniors told us to do esim too. But personally, we didn't do it because we tried to find out the information. I already know that the phone can be used to fit 2SIM. No need to do esim, but for anyone who can only wear one SIM, it will be good.

3. Don't forget to open ICBC Thailand before coming to China. Many children who study in China will open this bank to cash in China. Now the bank can exchange money for V-chat as well.

4. Studying in China must open a Chinese bank. We study in China. We also need a Chinese bank. When we press money from ICBC Thailand and then deposit it to the Chinese bank and spend it normally. People who study long-term must do it.

5. Exchange money in alipay for a little bit. From our first personal experience, we only have cash. Sometimes it is not as convenient as having money in Alipay. I can't buy online. In the beginning, I didn't make a Chinese bank, I would exchange money in Alipay every day. But gradually, in case it is locked because I don't have a Chinese bank yet.

6. Don't forget to buy a VPN where China blocks foreign apps. So if you want to play apps other than China, you need a VPN.

7. What we recommend to children who come to study in China first to do in case is to open a Thai account + make a youtrip card is very convenient. After we try to activate it, the youtrip card can be tied to alipay. Come to China first, spend it. The app can redeem money to V-chat, so we can spend money in V-chat to spend in China. But!!!Both have restrictions. For example, the limit used per day / per month is not exceeded.

For us, it fits in the early days of China, where there is not much.

8. Don't forget to bring Thai food. At first, we brought very little Thai food because I thought that I was easy to eat because I tried for 1 week and I knew that I couldn't eat anything. I advised everyone to carry a lot. I didn't know when we would get used to Chinese food.

9. Don't forget Thai medicine, medicine that China can't cure, can't fight Thai medicine. We recommend to carry para medicine, antihistamine, cough remedy, hot mouth remover in reflux, anesthetic, balsam, diarrhea remedy.

10. Don't forget to take the makeup or skincare used, something that China doesn't sell. Try searching for good information about whether it is for sale. If not, carry it first.

📍 all these are personal opinions and experiences that came to China in the first place. Where is the mistake? Sorry.

🫶🏻🫶🏻 for any friends, what do you think you should tell the juniors who come to China? Comments can be experienced. 🫶🏻🫶🏻

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