My wife and I are US citizens living and working in Chittagong, Bangladesh on "entry" visas with work permits. We want to get tourist visas for a trip to China this summer. I've tried e-mailing the Chinese embassy in Dhaka to ask if any documents or information could be submitted prior to our going there to apply for a visa, but I haven't received a response. I gather this is simply a hit-or-miss process, but I wonder if you might have any tips. I take some encouragement from the fact that the cost of a visa for US citizens is explicitly listed on the Web site of the Chinese embassy in Bangladesh.