Wide view through a train window at dusk, city lights of Shanghai beginning to glow on the horizon, the window frame cutting the left edge, motion blur on passing tracks below, warm amber light bleeding into deep blue sky
Wide view through a train window at dusk, city lights of Shanghai beginning to glow on the horizon, the window frame cutting the left edge, motion blur on passing tracks below, warm amber light bleeding into deep blue sky
/ Built by transit travelers

Not a travel app. A 144-hour toolkit.

We built 144China after too many layovers spent piecing together half-answers from forums. Every guide here is tested against real entry and exit windows in Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu.

Rapid deployment for people with a connection to catch.

What this is
Who made it

144China is a rapid-deployment planner — not a general China travel guide. It is designed for one scenario: you have 72 to 144 hours, a suitcase, and an onward flight.

Frequent transitters who ran the routes, hit the firewalls, and figured out the payment apps — then documented everything so you don't have to start from zero.

Independent. Disclosed. Honest.

No government ties. No hidden agendas.

This site is not affiliated with the Chinese government or any tourism authority. Affiliate links appear where noted — we only recommend tools we have personally used inside the 144-hour window.

Policy information is cross-checked against official port-of-entry rules. When rules change, we update. If something is uncertain, we say so.