China Travel and Student Life

Singapore Is Not in China — Clear This One Before You Book Anything Let us settle the matter plainly: Singapore is not in China. Singapore is an independent city-state in Southeast Asia, near the southern end of the Malay Peninsula. China is a much larger country in East Asia. They are separate places, with different entry rules, currencies, phone systems, airports, school arrangements, and everyday platforms. Same region? Yes. Same country? Not at all. ...

China Passport: The Small Document Mix-Up That Can Cause Big Wahala If you are a Nigerian student preparing for China, or you are already in Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Shanghai, Yiwu or some campus town where your phone is doing half your daily work, let us clear one common confusion straight away: you do not need a “China passport” to enter or stay in China. You travel with your Nigerian passport. What you may need alongside it depends on your situation: a suitable Chinese visa before travel, and, for longer stays, the correct residence documentation after arrival. That sounds basic, but e no be small matter. People mix up passport, visa, entry record, residence permit, school registration and work authorisation all the time. Then one deadline sneaks up, and suddenly what should have been a ten-minute check becomes full-blown wahala. ...