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.
Couldn't tell ya except that it was in ShenZhen somewhere. The only reason I know is that we had the same concern...did we need to pool money. Our driver told us he could use his Visa card, no problem. We also have a policy that covers us in China. It's written in Chinese, I couldn't tell you what it says. heh, might say "Let this Gwai lo suffer a horrendous death"