I am flying to china on air china in early november on a tour visiting beijing and shaghai - does anyone have any advice for travel ; eating; and changing money to yuan for shopping
Get your money out of ATMs. Bank of China has an english option. So do HSBC and a couple of others, but BoC is most common. Eat in every food stall you come to. Don't ask what stuff is.
you won't see many stray dogs running around in China
You may get more answers from a board which specializes in Chinese travel. Rick Steves' Europe is mostly for and by folk going to Europe.