Originally Posted by
YuropFlyer
..I've been going from several Chinese airports, both domestic and international in the last 12 months, and ALWAYS got a pat down..
Maybe it is certain times or flights?
I did WUH. CTU, SZX, JZH, and PEK .. no PVG in the past year.
So maybe the lack of ovrerlap triggers the different experience.
I
much prefer the pat down over being lied to about "harmless backscattered x-rays" in the Socialist Republic of the Former Colonies.