Originally Posted by
D3KingAmerican
Would you care to elaborate or can you please specify what route you flew on American without gate agents insisting you have a China Visa ?
In 2014, I had an LAX-PVG-LAX roundtrip booked on AA. Separately I had PVG-ICN-PVG on another airline. When I checked in at LAX, they asked the question, and I presented my e-ticket from the other airline, clarifying my TWOV option by heading to ICN and was able to check-in.
While others may have experienced problems/issues, by no means is it "required" that one must have a visa to fly to China on AA. Your assertions are manifestly wrong.