About Cathaybound

Cathaybound is built for people planning their first trip to China. Every guide is written against real data — published rail timetables, current fare tables, and the version of the rules that is actually enforced at the border. When something changes, we change the page.

What we cover

Operational how-to layer (visa-free transit, payment apps, SIM/eSIM, power plugs, airport transfers), first-time-visitor framing, point-to-point rail and air routes, city and landscape destination guides, itinerary and season planning.

Who writes this

Cathaybound Editorial is the byline: a small editorial desk, not a borrowed personality. The guides are written and cross-checked by the same people who keep the timetables and fare tables current, and every page carries the date it was last checked. We do not attach a stock photo to work that nobody can be asked about.

How a figure gets onto a page

Three sources, in this order: published operating material (rail timetables, fare tables, operator notices), official channels (immigration, customs, the operator itself), and reports from readers who were at the counter last week. A number that cannot be traced to one of those is written as a range, or left out. Prices are quoted with the currency and the date they were read.

How a correction happens

Write to us from the contact page and say which page and which figure. If the official source confirms your correction, the page changes and its date changes with it. If it does not, we say so instead of quietly editing. Material changes also go out to the update list, so people who already booked against the old number hear about it.