Originally Posted by
moondog
MU is pretty good about baggage transfers in PVG in my experience, but no guarantees of course. I am guessing that you will need to enter China during the transit....but, maybe not (to reiterate, these policies are in a constant state of flux).
I had SAS lose a bag at CPH, so anything's possible

Just wanted to make sure they do it "ok-ish in general", so we don't have to try and squeeze everything into carryons.
Not going through immigration would be nice - they tend to use a new passport page for every stamp .
How's TWOV at PVG now? I have been entering with a visa for the last several years. Asking because @PEK a few years ago they actually tried to force us into transit without going to immigration (we had a 2 night layover

), then made my then 9 y/o daughter initial and sign some sort of legal declaration saying she will not seek employment or overstay, before they stamped her passport for TWOV. Took us 2 hours. I wonder what's the legal validity of a document signed by a minor