poses credit card

I have been practicing poses from Intermediate. I'm somewhat distracted by making plans for travel during Chinese New Year, studying Mandarin and studying for green certification, while working long hours. It's all good. It's the first time I'm traveling so far within the country all by myself and making all the arrangements by myself. I'm also being exposed to the requirements of some of the online services for making reservations. For example, yesterday I was asked to photocopy the front and back of my foreign credit card and send it with an email along with my picture and a letter with my signature stating I authorized the charges. This makes me want to get a local credit card, for which they don't ask this information. Imagine if there were a dishonest employee who had the credit card information...