I thought this was a well-known fact! Hence, if you can't go to China, you can just use a static Chinese IP to open the account, but you will still have a foreign number. That's a position I'm not comfortable with.
The critical thing is to have a Chinese︀ number (+86) and install and register WeChat and all other apps while ***IN CHINA***. coo-:!y
PS. For those claiming this is expensive... This whole process costs less than €2000, including but︁ not limited to air travel, hotel, food, entertainment, and a new Chinese Huawei phone (seriously....do︂ NOT ever get a "Western" phone and do this BS - make sure the IMEI︃ is Chinese). Never EVER mail your phone! Also, activate your PrivateSpace. Your business partners need︄ to do the SAME thing! All my clients overseas have the SAME setup! We're inside︅ the closed system! Never had an issue or a hiccup!
Note: To those who know...Even︆ the prosecutors at my trial had to admit they had d1ck! No data, no emails,︇ no messages, no calls....f*cking NOTHING! What they do have is a few people who have︈ NEVER met me, never done business with me, never spoken to me, never seen me,︉ willing to testify under oath! smi(&% - I sh1t you not! If you read the trial︊ transcript, you would think it's a joke! But those who cannot defend themselves Pro Se,︋ will spend millions of dollars on their defense! The prosecution hoisted on their own petard!︌ dev56""" 😉