Originally Posted by
sincx
Has anyone been able to get a Chinese visa for "humanitarian" reasons? E.g. if a Chinese national has to go back to China for an urgent family matter, will the Chinese consulate at least consider issuing a visitor's visa for the spouse to come along? Or will the consulate outright refuse to entertain the idea?
This will be a very long longshot. Unless the Chinese national has some significant clout it is almost certainly a dead end. They don't even want their own citizens coming back for urgent family matters let alone foreigner.