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While I certainly don't fly any where near as much as you do. I have been volunteering in the Philippines for 15 years and usually fly through HKG. So while I understand your issues I remember 9/11 and many incidents after that. It's interesting to me that you chose to ignore the fact that the president of china has trashed their constitution and made himself president for life ala Mao Tse Tung (excuse the spelling). Seems to me that's a more substantive issue than what you call "dumb" security issues.
YMMV