I didn't find any place that deals with Westerners that didn't also take Visa. Including the hospital when a member of our group got dysentery. We have locals that can help also with language and travel, so it's never that big of a deal for us.
And I saw a friend in the waiting room of a hospital not getting treated until I plopped RM3,500 down on the admitting clerks desk. And yes I got a fapio, it was for the hospital bill and I got my change after they had treated him for the difference).
He was sitting there in near shock asking why no one was treating him and none of the other guys in his group had much more than beer money between them.
You need to carry cash in China. That is a fact, especially if you are not experienced traveling there. You sound like you are and know the ropes. Others need cash.
What Chinese hospital takes visa?
And I saw a friend in the waiting room of a hospital not getting treated until I plopped RM3,500 down on the admitting clerks desk. And yes I got a fapio, it was for the hospital bill and I got my change after they had treated him for the difference).
He was sitting there in near shock asking why no one was treating him and none of the other guys in his group had much more than beer money between them.
You need to carry cash in China. That is a fact, especially if you are not experienced traveling there. You sound like you are and know the ropes. Others need cash.
What Chinese hospital takes visa? We are not talking about Hong Kong. We are talking about Mainland China.