Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I would have advised checking TIMATIC ahead of time, not the Chinese consulate. Chinese embassy and consulate websites are years out of date regarding transit visa rules. The airline agents will use TIMATIC to determine whether one can board or not.
This is absolutely right. Much has been written in the RGN "whale" fare topic about how airlines are using incorrect TIMATIC info about 24-hour "no visa" connections to deny boardings on inbound flights to Yangon. The fact that TIMATIC is wrong in this instance does not matter.