When travelling, in my opinion, you shouldn’t take your cell phone. If  you travel in China, you can rent a phone. Now that we all have cell phones, we somehow think we can’t be out of touch for even a day, much less a week. The purpose of traveling is to get away, not to remain tethered to home. You don’t need to call home every day, and if you do, you’re not only wasting valuable vacation hours (not to mention money), but you are missing the point of the vacation. So check your email a couple of times, and maybe buy a phone card and call once if you’re away for more than a week. But leave the cell at home.

“wherever you go, travel to China, or the United States, take care of your cell phone if you take it while travelling because thieves are everywhere.”