Traveling with hyoglycemia

I imagine people with diabetes have  similar issue. I have reactive hyoglycemia, so I can't eat rice, pasta, or other meals high in carbs, otherwise I crash soon after. I need to eat about every 2-3 hours, and need some balance there as well (a quality protein bar is a decent snack, but even with that I crash -- real food, with meat, is the only thing that truly holds me). At home, I always keep 2 snacks with me, and if I'm walking around a lot, like at the mall or a hike, I take something like Vitamin Water with me, which, while I typically avoid sugary drinks, it seems to help to sip it.

Coming up soon I'm traveling to Asia for two weeks, including an area of China that's outside any major city. I'm wondering if anyone has tips for this. I'm told to expect limited restaurant choices in these areas (I'm also traveling with a group tour, so I can't choose my own stops), and that sometimes restaurants only have rice/pasta dishes (with a small bit of meat on top). I can eat about 1/4 cup of white rice before it's too much... I'm also told that stores there do not sell protein bars, beef jerky, or anything like Vitamin Water. (I'm told they have dried squid, etc, but not jerky as I know it, and other types of bars, but not decent/any protein bars).

I'm really not sure what I'm going to do, and am pretty much expecting to get sugar sick a couple times...

Also, anyone know of a powdered drink mix that you can pour into water that has a bit of sugar and other nutrients? I can't seem to find any. I thought about bringing sugar packets...

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