Going East or West?
A Handbook for American and Chinese Business Travelers

Traveling and Getting Around Town

Traveling, in the context of this book, focuses primarily on international business travel across the Pacific. Personal travel is well-covered by others.

We have included basic discussion of arrival or departure cities, with pointers to more detailed information. The main purpose of this section is to help first-time travelers understand what it takes to get from point A to point B so the trip can be as smooth as possible and to provide reminders, phone numbers, and some additional resources for more experienced folk.

The assumption here is that you are traveling between cities which have non-stop flights going directly to the other country across the Pacific.

We have included tables with cities, airlines and phone numbers in this section. We have limited our discussion to cities on the US mainland. Both mainland China and Hong Kong are included due to the importance of Hong Kong as an international business destination and as a vital gateway to southern China.