Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
How about if the US government were to have a policy that visa holders from China cannot use SJC to enter the US, and US embassies and consulates do not advertise such information, and Air China does not give you a link to Timatic or mention the SJC exception on its website, and then launch a route PEK-SJC? (Fortunately, CA is much more meticulous on its website, listing all documents required of Taiwanese and HKers who've been buying the PEK transit.)
We're talking about what's "reasonable" here. And CZ flying WUH-USA while not mentioning the WUH exception but is selling routings to third countries is not reasonable.
China lets in EVERYONE without ANY check, payment, whatsoever, on VERY generous TWOV, in some cases up to a week. With a few rules/special cases that you can easily check on TIMATIC (publicly accessible) - if you can't do that, use a TA that will help you..
Consulate website are NEVER to be trusted. No matter which country from what country - they can be horribly outdated.
Try flying to the US - in fact just flying OVER the US (not even transitting) without getting any PAID "approval", even from countries wealthier than the US..