Originally Posted by
moondog
The language is crystal clear to me. How would you improve it?
Well - the China Embassy site uses the term transit and also says it has to be a through ticket
The wording becomes ambiguous because of the use of "transit" and that it is onward travel to a 3rd country
It is quite reasonable to infer that a transit through Tokyo en-route on return journey back to USA is not in line with this
It would be clear if it simply stated that people visiting for 144 hours or fewer do not need a visa if entering for tourism purposes