Originally Posted by
bearski
Just had my duty free rum taken in Shanghai returning on UA to LAX. Unbelievable. I speak Mandarin and tracked down that it's actually a (USA) TSA requirement, not the airline, but as another poster mentioned, you can bury it in your carry-on and there's a good chance the security personnel leafing through won't catch it. What is the logic here?? That the airport's security is lax therefore any liquid is dangerous, but not so lax that we could be carrying a non-liquid explosive???
Can you cite a specific TSA regulation that proves your point? I've always believed it was just the Chinese way of showing how careful they are. I've also run into it in MNL.
This is different than Japanese transfer security. That is just the same security they would apply if you are transferring to a domestic flight, they don't differentiate. The Chinese (including HKG) apply it as a second search at the gate, which doesn't happen in Japan.