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government subsidies on certain routes where they want to encourage tourism like from australia

a.k.a normal people :)

that does sound rough. I am not sure how humid north qld gets but tokyo gets up to 95%. a 30deg day feels like a 40deg day down in victoria

I would say moderately worse but in the same league + more humid

avoid late july / august japan which is peak summer. just crazy hot + humid.

anyone recc any of the others?

yes. just do multi-city and play around w/dates. I usually use booking.com to do it

it is also far more expensive and losing a lot of tourists. it was a pretty popular topic last year

> I would love to do a long transit - think 2-5 days in XMN - but when I try doing this, the price doubles or more. really? I have been…

you do you. I'll be looking forward to watching Dune 3 in IMAX

your loss. cinemas are wonderful

idk about that. china is making tourism a priority recently and these airlines are mostly state-run companies. but yeah the market is huge…

just extend the layover and stay in guangzhou for a day or two. play around w/ dates, pretty easy. you get a free hotel but its ~50mins…

there are currently jetstar $110 return flights melb sydney in june. you are comparing regular to sale prices

we are spoiled for choice

you don't need vpn, almost everyone roams or uses esim these days. no google but Amap is not bad and sufficient imo. and you don't need to…

google maps is probably the biggest differentiator. Amap is passable but google maps is just so much better

depends on the ticket. some are as low as $2. it can get up to $10 when you are booking $200 long-distance HSR trips

I think the language barrier is the hardest part. in 2026, China is not significantly more difficult than Japan. At least if you are going…

they don't directly accept overseas licenses but it isn't too difficult to get a Chinese one. Might even be able to get it processed in…

I read a while back that some important e-ink patents expired last year. still waiting for the flood of quality cheap e-ink devices

I am a freak and got a 96 hour flight to tokyo

looking at return one way fairs, this deal is not that good if you want a regular 2-3 week europe holiday

sarcasm?

tickets to japan from china will be cheap for the next few months, meaning that flight numbers are not being artificially capped. I just…

yeah but that was due to mass cancellations of tickets by chinese flyers. I don't expect the same to happen again

yes. do multi-city search (can use booking.com for better UI) and play around with dates

you can extend the layover if you play around with dates in multi-city mode, guangzhou is nice and can be fun

Australians pays less than the OECD average. it might not seem like it, but relative to other developed countries we are a low-tax country

aww the Victoria Carer Card is so sweet and awesome! so many unpaid carers who need the support