I am an Australian citizen traveling on China Airlines with a 10 hr stopover in Beijing. I have read your other postings and information that I apparently do need a visa to leave the airport for a short tour.
But other blogs have indicated that a visa is not required if you have your international boarding pass to show your connecting flight.
"As long as the OP is on intl-to-intl transit, he does NOT have to stay at the airport and does NOT need a Chinese visa. He just has to go through the special immigration desk marked "international transit" with passport and onward boarding pass, and he'll get a transit stamp good for up to 24 hours."
Can you confirm please?