Originally Posted by
fumje
Sorry to learn that you were not successful.
If you ever do get your missing passport back, as far as I can figure the visa in it should be valid, on the principle that visas in expired passports are accepted when presented with a current passport.
This morning I was trying to recall if China has the provision that you have to enter in the country in a certain period after you get the visa. But I think that was Brazil that had that provision and if you missed the entry within one month then your visa became invalid.
Now, it would be interesting to know if the OP had obtained a visa class that is valid 10 years. These are available for tourists and business people but not for people going to China to attend conferences. I guess we will only know if the passport ever shows up.
I'm not impressed with how A Briggs acted in this situation. They completely dropped the ball. I used them in the early 2000's for my visas for my travels to Brazil but for China I used a different company.