Hello from China

[ZSQ]

If I wanted to fly out to China and play there for a month, how much would food and housing cost, provided I would cook for myself?

I saw a lot of these China TT camps. I want to understand how much of a premium are they charging.

It depends on which province and city you want to go to. After all, China has 34 provincial-level regions, 333 cities, and more than 2,800 counties. Different provinces have different geography, climate, and dietary habits, which also makes ingredient prices different.
In coastal cities such as Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Guangzhou in Guangdong, and Qingdao in Shandong, seafood is much cheaper. In inland cities such as Urumqi in Xinjiang and Xi’an in Shaanxi, beef and lamb are cheaper.
Roughly speaking, the ingredients for one person to cook a meal at home cost around 15 RMB. Fresh vegetables are about 2 RMB per 250g, and fresh meat is about 10 RMB per 250g.
As for housing, I only know hotel prices, which are roughly 200 to 500 RMB per day. If you look for homestays on Airbnb or other sites, it might be more convenient for you to cook for yourself. It’s actually about the same price as hotels. Of course, in cities like Shanghai, everything is more expensive, whether it’s food or housing, hhh.

If you mean training classes run by retired national team players for adult amateur enthusiasts. The price is roughly 3,500 to 7,000 RMB, for 4 hours a day, 5 days total of classes + training.
At ordinary clubs, a retired provincial-level professional team player as a coach costs about 200 to 300 RMB per hour. A retired city-level professional team player as a coach costs about 150 to 200 RMB per hour.
Coaches who know English are hard to find, and I’ve never seen a club with professional translators. Maybe Beijing and Shanghai have them, but I haven’t seen any.

 

[Haito]

It depends on which province and city you want to go to. After all, China has 34 provincial-level regions, 333 cities, and more than 2,800 counties. Different provinces have different geography, climate, and dietary habits, which also makes ingredient prices different.
In coastal cities such as Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Guangzhou in Guangdong, and Qingdao in Shandong, seafood is much cheaper. In inland cities such as Urumqi in Xinjiang and Xi’an in Shaanxi, beef and lamb are cheaper.
Roughly speaking, the ingredients for one person to cook a meal at home cost around 15 RMB. Fresh vegetables are about 2 RMB per 250g, and fresh meat is about 10 RMB per 250g.
As for housing, I only know hotel prices, which are roughly 200 to 500 RMB per day. If you look for homestays on Airbnb or other sites, it might be more convenient for you to cook for yourself. It’s actually about the same price as hotels. Of course, in cities like Shanghai, everything is more expensive, whether it’s food or housing, hhh.

If you mean training classes run by retired national team players for adult amateur enthusiasts. The price is roughly 3,500 to 7,000 RMB, for 4 hours a day, 5 days total of classes + training.
At ordinary clubs, a retired provincial-level professional team player as a coach costs about 200 to 300 RMB per hour. A retired city-level professional team player as a coach costs about 150 to 200 RMB per hour.
Coaches who know English are hard to find, and I’ve never seen a club with professional translators. Maybe Beijing and Shanghai have them, but I haven’t seen any.

I got quoted roughly 2500€ per month including flight. Soo.. Its really interesting that the organized thing with all the food and hotel space is almost as cheap as DIY. I need to loose the last 25kgs of weight and get some money, and I think I am gonna do this then. (right now the Dusseldorf trip killed my legs, I do not want to do the Great China experience, before I can play and walk the same day 🤣 )

 

[Haito]

If one wanted to buy a genuine W968, is it cheaper to do it so in China itself?

 

[barusu]

Everything is cheaper in China. Even esn and (majority of?) japanese rubbers 😭

 

[Haito]

Everything is cheaper in China. Even esn and (majority of?) japanese rubbers 😭

Yeah, due to VAT. There must be at least 20-25% difference due to how taxes work. Rubbers are cheap to ship in large quantities.

 

[Amaken23]

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night to everyone,
I’m a table tennis enthusiast from Beijing, China.
I played table tennis from age 10 to 15. Now I'm 30 and I've gotten back into it — I'm really passionate about it now.
I’m just an amateur player. My BH skill is better than my FH.
My favorite table tennis player is Zhang Jike. Now I’ve chosen the Viscaria as my one and only blade, and I don’t plan to change it in the future.
I really like TTD. Here, real players talk about equipment and technique, and it’s refreshingly pure.
Hope to discuss and learn table tennis knowledge with fellow enthusiasts from around the world.
Best regards
Z. S.

Hello
Greetings from Poland, then. I hope to one day travel to China and Japan and play with some locals there. I ALSO have my BH better than FH, so...hey . Hope you enjoy your time here and have great chats with everyone.

 

[ZSQ]

If one wanted to buy a genuine W968, is it cheaper to do it so in China itself?

Of course, I think anything is cheapest in its place of origin . As long as it’s for your own personal use, there shouldn’t be any problem bringing it through customs.

 

[Haito]

Of course, I think anything is cheapest in its place of origin . As long as it’s for your own personal use, there shouldn’t be any problem bringing it through customs.

I wonder if customs will complain that I am bringing a stack of rubbers..

Are people locally using the rubbers we are discussing here? Like is Battle 2 / Loki products / Sanwei actually used in China, or do people domesticly stick with Hurricane / import rubbers?

 

[ZSQ]

I got quoted roughly 2500€ per month including flight. Soo.. Its really interesting that the organized thing with all the food and hotel space is almost as cheap as DIY. I need to loose the last 25kgs of weight and get some money, and I think I am gonna do this then. (right now the Dusseldorf trip killed my legs, I do not want to do the Great China experience, before I can play and walk the same day 🤣 )

Before you come, I’d suggest watching videos of other people traveling here. I’m sure there are plenty of such videos on YouTube. Look at their tips and impressions, and pick one or a few cities you want to visit. But I wouldn’t recommend choosing several cities that are too far apart, because you’ll end up wasting too much time on the road.

 

[Haito]

Before you come, I’d suggest watching videos of other people traveling here. I’m sure there are plenty of such videos on YouTube. Look at their tips and impressions, and pick one or a few cities you want to visit. But I wouldn’t recommend choosing several cities that are too far apart, because you’ll end up wasting too much time on the road.

For certain reasons I would prefer not to talk about this, I am not the one who will be choosing the city I did already watched a couple of those. It will take me at least a year to get physically fit enough to survive this. So... Plenty of time.

 

[barusu]

Hi @ZSQ, I've sent you a private message. I'm hoping we can meet in person