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China requires a yellow fever vaccination if you have been in a yellow fever country. I am assured by the people I will be working with that there is no yellow fever in their area. But apparently there is some elsewhere in the country (Peru).

I won't know whether I am going to China until after I leave Peru. If I get the vaccination after leaving Peru when I find out I need to go to China, will China deny entry?

"only if you are arriving from a country with risk of yellow fever. This does not include the US." is on the CDC website. I could interpret it as meaning that if my itinerary is Peru, Spain, Romania, USA, China, then I don't need the vaccination. But I don't want to bet the cost of a plane ticket of that interpretation!

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I can't recall if the immigration forms asked about visiting an area with Yellow Fever, but as Yellow Fever vaccinations are recorded in your travelers inoculation booklet, if they do ask, they will then know when you got the shot and when you were in Peru from your passport. And since Yellow Fever takes 10 days to be effective... free check up courtesy of the Chinese government?