Originally Posted by ORDflyer
First go through a metal detector, but WITH shoes on.
Better than the US.
show your bag for a check against liquids.
Included in bag screening in US.
but then the woman shouts "SECURITY ChECK" and frisks me top to bottom, quickly efficiently and including genital area. Not back of the hand gentle either.
How is this different from the US? I don't know if you are male or female but if you are male I would say it is actually better, because at least you got your genital massage from a female. Otherwise, it sounds exactly the same. It may be no better than the US, but it certainly is no worse. Remember also that you are a foreigner in China. Think of how foreigners in the US who can barely speak English are treated by TSO officers. Especially people who look different from us as you may from them.
Didn't see anyone asserting their rights, because you don't have any.
You don't have any rights in US airports either. Once you buy your plane ticket you voluntary give up all of your constitutional rights, according to our government. Not that it matters that much anyway because constitutional rights have not been consistently upheld by any branch of our government for many years. They are occasionally enforced, but it's entirely unpredictable. It usually depends on whether there is some kind of competing "state or public interest" involved as well and there almost always is.