Is China Safe for Tourists in 2026? An Honest Safety Assessment
The Most Honest China Safety Analysis You’ll Find By Joran | 10+ years living in and traveling China Every safety article about China falls into one of two traps: either it paints China as a dystopian hellhole where tourists get arrested for nothing, or it overcorrects into “actually it’s super safe, nothing to worry about.” The truth is more nuanced and more useful. I’ve been robbed once (2014), scammed a dozen times, had food poisoning three times, and needed hospitals twice. I’ve also walked home alone at 3 AM through Chengdu’s coolest neighborhoods without a single uncomfortable moment. ...