Originally Posted by
NgatesSEA
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To be fair, I completely agree with your "China more paranoid than the US about security" at the airports - immigration and security departing PVG and PEK was a mess and (almost, not at all) made me wistful for TSA.
Exiting China has more checks than US. Their "paranoia" might be likened to
the USCBP at Tijuana is more paranoid than the Mexico Immigration Officers.