Your Name Is Too Long for China Train Tickets? Here’s the 30-Character Fix That Actually Works (Booking for Foreign Travelers)

What If Your Full Name Has More Than 30 Characters? China’s train booking systems—both 12306 (China Railway’s official platform) and Trip.com—only allow 30 characters for passenger names, including spaces. That’s no problem for most Chinese names (usually 2–4 characters). But if your passport says “Christopher William Alexander de la Fuente”? You’ll hit an error before you even […]
