🇨🇳 china esim data
China eSIM
No GB to pick upfront. Top up the wallet, use data in China as you need it; afterwards we count what you actually used and charge whichever math comes out cheapest.
Get started →What a trip here roughly costs
Estimated over 7 days at about 1.4 GB a day — 9.8 GB total. An illustrative trip, not a commitment: you never have to decide upfront.
The gap comes from us combining plans for you. It is not a discount — it is two ways of pricing the same usage, and we charge the lower one.
- Lowest threshold
- $3.90 / 1 GB
- Per-GB rate
- $4.50 / GB
Your actual amount depends on what you actually use, settled over a 30-day window at the tariff disclosed before payment.
One wallet, no country to choose
There is no such thing as a "China plan" at soda. The same wallet works everywhere we cover — this page just spells out what China actually looks like.
What the line actually looks like in China
Public data we compiled from the line catalogue: exit locations and host carriers. Snapshot dated 2026-08-21.
| Host carrier | Best network |
|---|---|
| China Mobile | 5G |
| China Telecom | 4G |
| China Unicom | 5G |
| Exit | ChatGPT | TikTok | LINE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | ✓ Available probed 2026-08-21 | ✓ Available probed 2026-08-21 | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check | ✓ Available probed 2026-08-21 | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check |
| Singapore | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check | ✓ Available inferred — pending sample check |
The full China guide
The guide covers which kind of connection to pick, how much data to expect, and what it is actually like on the ground.
China eSIM connectivity: will your everyday apps work?
Read the China eSIM guide →Common questions
Will my usual apps work in China?
In China soda runs on a roaming line that exits in Singapore, with nothing extra to configure. Whether a given service is reachable depends on how that service reads your connection at the time — we have not yet tested this line on a real SIM in China, so we make no promises.
What size should I buy?
No size to pick. You're billed by what you use, capped at a plan price — it won't keep climbing with no ceiling.