CHINA! I love China! Look at China! Yes, this is CHINA!
Booking my trip to China turned out to be Hell. Looking back though, I can see that there were so many things that would have been easier if I had just known what I can and what I cannot do, and how to get around the cannot part. Every single time I tried to book something, I just kept hitting road blocks. Then I would figure it out and hit another one. Then another one. To the point I could not take it anymore and I hated myself for ever wanting to go to China in the first place.
This is a guideline of sorts for anyone who needs help in booking a trip to China. If you follow everything below, you will be absolutely fine and suffer no pain. I promise.