Jim , firstly a merry Christmas , and I agree with Maxx , firstly pick where you are thinking of heading to and whether you are going to be talking to anyone before you go , think of Berlin and multiply x 2 and that is how busy the 20 largest cities are in China , and whilst there are a lot of poorer people every one is happy and welcoming , but unlike the west those who are working , work at least 6 days a week anything up to 10 hours a day , so unless you are doing a tourist exercise you will be lost the moment you jump of the plane . The other side of this is if you go to somewhere like ChongQing in their central shopping area which is only for walking , in May thru to Sept you will go blind in 1 hour with the beauty that passes by and you will end up with a sore neck ha ha .
I am well attached now , but the first 2 times I went to China 2 different cities , had I not been seeing someone I would have been lost if nobody was at the airport to meet me , just getting into the city you can be taken for double what the fare should be , so firstly pick your city or go to other websites like Asia friend finder etc where you can webcam with a lot of lovely ladies , regards Sujuan and Robert .