When you travel to China, obtaining tickets is part of the adventure. It's not like scheduling a flight to Mexico or even Turkey. I scheduled my trip to Turkey online. Getting to China is something else. The travel agent has been working on the Weihai trip for a week, and she still hasn't received confirmation from Air China.
Part of the issue is that China is literally on the other side of the world. On our round planet, it's about as far away as a person can go without coming back. Chinese time is precisely twelve hours ahead of ours (in the Eastern zone), which makes it hard to do business. Also, the Chinese are very careful about who they let in their country, and their business practices are very different from ours.
Some people advise you not to buy tickets until you have the visa in hand. It sounds sensible, but it doesn't work. The Chinese embassy likes to see a copy of the tickets in the application package. Neither the visa process nor the business of getting tickets is quick. I am happy to have both tickets and visa in hand-- I depart for Nanning June 12.
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