Originally Posted by
MP (Miles+Points)
Seriously, I wouldn't recommend you to visit Tibet if you haven't declared on your visa application. Otherwise you take the risk that never be allowed back them ever again.
Hmm, like jiejie I totally disagree. Never mention Tibet on your visa application. After getting your visa, then you can proceed with getting your Tibet paperwork.
Originally Posted by
moondog
I now feel compelled to throw in the towel on this issue. My earlier assertion that the Chinese couldn't possibly do anything so high tech during the hour it takes them to issue visas these days was based on my experiences at Chinese consulates abroad and PSBs/border control in country. I simply have a hard time believing that people who have such a loose grasp of the policies they are charged with implementing are doing anything that sexy. That having been said, I have no idea: 1) what pops up when they scan my passport; and 2) what sort of background checks they conduct with my $140.
Since we're playing around here, China now has the fastest high speed train in the world, the fastest super computer, and many cooler electronic gadgets (like the touchscreen camera) than the US.
Now, as for security technology, I don't think it's a matter of inferior technology per se, as much as they don't care. Like you said, Chinese security for the most part is not very serious and besides, the risk to terrorists are a lot less than say the US. So all in all, I pretty much agree with you.
As for what pops up when they scan your PP, who knows. But with Xray scanners in the US now, I don't want to know anything about what pops up on screens.
