Do I need a visa to transit via Shanghai for a Tokyo side trip?

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Learn about the Chinese visa-free transit program. As a French citizen, you are entitled to stay in China for at most 144 hours if you enter China via Hongqiao (SHA) or Pudong (PVG), and have a confirmed outbound ticket leaving China within 144 hours.

The only restriction is that you are not allowed to travel outside Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang; since you are just going to transit, this won't be a problem for you. Present your onward booking on entry & you should be fine.

So, unless you have breached Chinese immigration law before (or have been refused a visa), you should be fine. Even if you arrive in SHA and leave for Paris from PVG, you should still be fine. As long as you don't overstay 144 hours, you can do whatever you want (except for illegal things, of course).

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