Originally Posted by
Always Flyin
What is "administrative detention"? Sounds like a time-out you give children.
It is quite similar to time-out given to children. In this case, police plays the role of the parents and the suspects play the role of children, and the maximum time-out for China is, IIRC, 15 days.
This seems like an appropriate "punishment" for self-upgraders (and ill-behaved passengers).