Traveling to Shanghai China

No. The AC adaptor auto-switches between 110 and 220 volt systems.

As Kappysaid, you don't need a voltage converter, and quite possibly you don't need a plug adapter either. I guess it depends on where you are going to stay. In most places you should find this mains outlet

<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Chinasocket.jpg>

which will accept the MagSafe adaptor's "duckhead" plug.

In almost any department store or large supermarket or even variety store you'll find 'universal' power bars or power strips which look more or less like this

and which will accept both the "duckhead" plug and the AC cord plug.

However, you may wish to travel to Hong Kong, and there you'll definitely need a plug adaptor, because they are based on the British standard

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1363>

A few other tips:

• First off, if you can avoid taking the Mac, do so. See below...
• Thieves LOVE all these goodies. Keep them with yourself at all times.
• Armed thieves LOVE these goodies. Keep to well-lit venues and in company with other people you trust.
• Chinese inteligence operatives LOVE these goodies. Don't carry sensitive information.
• American security operatives LOVE these goodies when returning. TSA may take unusual liking to them.
• Many companies prefer their executives carry equipment that has been wiped clean before departing either way.

This post may or may may not be based on reality, but it looked interesting back when I first read it ...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3746487?answerId=17631285022#17631285022

Chinese customs will not confiscate your Mac—sorry, but that's non-sense. I cannot comment about what US customs may or may not do. I can tell you this much: in the past year, I've been with my Mac through Chinese customs and passport control quite a few times w/o any problems.

Btw,

<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tsa-agent-arrested-stealing-ipads-trave lers-article-1.1015276>

Regarding theft, yes, that's an issue. It's very likely that your MBP was actually manufactured in Shanghai; nevertheless, an Apple product is regarded here as something of a prestige item, like a Rolex watch or a Louis Vuitton bag. So it's a definite attraction for thieves, and you need to take suitable precautions. Use strong encryption on any confidential data on your Mac; and consider buying a special travel insurance (ordinary travel insurance will probably not cover the loss of the MBP, or offer only a fixed, minimal compensation for it).

As to 'intelligence operators' (a term which, judging by what has been happening in recent years, seems to designate a person particularly deficient in many faculties, intelligence not being the least of them) of any kind or affiliation, only the Almighty knows what they might do, but I wouldn't put anything past them.

I was not sure of its veracity. Just was part of a previous discussion, and seemed it might be of some value considering the contributors.

I go in and out of China regularly with a Macbook Air. Neither Chinese nor American customs have ever shown the slighthest interest in my electronics.

Holy resuscitating zombie threads, BartMan!

One thing to note. This thread was aborn back in the days when a certain Mister Snowden was just a presumed happy, compliant and laborious worker bee trudging away at the NSA stealing all our secrets. Nowadays, still in the fallout of the affaire and given that the aforementioned individual graced the Chinese with a visit to their Hong Kong Autonomous Territory on his route towards becoming a товарищ, things may be a little bit different.