Last year, our small family of three did a great trip to China. We visited Shanghai (上海) and Beijing (北京). Thanks to our fourth brain (Alex) already with us, we did not fall for the so-called art student scam in Shanghai. There are Tea House- and Peking Duck-scams as well.
Watch this, to see a good and fun explanation on how it works: Tim Ferriss on Chinese Scamming
From Minute 3 on it get’s interesting. Let’s have a laugh, here!
Enjoy your travels and be careful!