Editorial
Corrections
Last updated: 2026-08-19
Travel writing about China goes stale unusually fast — payment apps change, booking windows move, entry rules get piloted in one province first. This page lists claims this site published and then changed, with dates, so you can see whether something you read here has since been revised.
Why this page exists
Any site can write that it values accuracy. What's harder to fake is a list of times it was wrong. Two of the entries below are cases where we deleted a claim because we couldn't evidence it, rather than leaving it up because it sounded plausible — that's the part of the process worth showing.
An entry goes in this log when a published claim changed, not when a page was simply expanded with new material. Pages also carry their own "Verified" date, which tells you when we last went back to the primary source for that page.
The log
What it said: That registering for the standalone DiDi app was harder for visitors than using the mini-program.
What it says now: The standalone app accepts foreign phone numbers and international cards, and is in fact the only route that takes a non-Chinese card directly.
Why it mattered: The app changed and our page didn't. We were steering readers toward the harder option.
What it said: That temple vegetarian food and everyday 素 restaurant food follow the same rules.
What it says now: They are two different traditions. Temple 净素 excludes all animal products and the five pungent vegetables; folk 素 cooking may traditionally use seafood, animal fats or meat stock and still be called 素.
Why it mattered: The distinction decides whether a 素菜馆 sign means anything for you. Collapsing the two made the page confidently wrong.
What it said: That train tickets go on sale 15 days before departure.
What it says now: A 60-day advance booking pilot has overtaken that rule. The pages now say to plan around the 15-day window and treat earlier availability as a bonus — and note that the official announcement doesn't specify whether foreign passports are included.
Why it mattered: One template sentence, repeated across a hundred pages, went stale the day the pilot started. Scale makes a small error large.
What it said: That fines followed for hotels refusing foreign guests.
What it says now: Removed. We could not find a single documented instance, and the relevant notice emphasises education over penalties for refusals. The page now explains the asymmetry that actually drives the behaviour: refusing you carries almost no consequence, while getting the registration filing wrong carries a written penalty of ¥1,000–5,000.
Why it mattered: We had stated something we could not evidence. The replacement is both verifiable and more useful, because it explains why front desks behave the way they do.
What it said: An FAQ answer saying Haidilao doesn't take reservations.
What it says now: It does — through its WeChat account, typically from half a day to a day ahead.
Why it mattered: The claim was out of date and contradicted another section of the same page.
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