I don't think she was implying that at all. But, it seems that many of us strongly prefer the Chinese approach to airport security over the current US version. I've been searched at the gate before, had water confiscated, and have also been felt up pretty thoroughly. But, for reasons that I'm unable to pinpoint at this hour, I've never been bothered by any of the security practices that take place over there (bearing in mind that some of the more intrusive ones only apply to US bound flights).

Building on my earlier point, my general sense is that the front line people in China tend to have positive attitudes, for the most part.

I feel compelled to qualify the above by stating that air travel in China is no picnic if we broaden our scope beyond the security issue. Even with Boston style "pat downs", the US system works better on the whole.