Originally Posted by kb1992

Will return to USA in early September. So I have about 3 months of free time, excluding 1 month Q.



Oh. Wouldn't that be fascinating



With plenty of time to kill in my Q room, I studied quarantine policy of more than 100 cities. Most of them require 14-21 days for anyone from Shanghai.

However, Chengdu only requires 7. The challenge is to find a ticket to Chengdu. As of today, there is zero flight or train from Shanghai to Chengdu. So direct route from Q hotel to PVG/SHA or train station doesn't work.

I saw an ad in WeChat offering 50K RMB to smugger me to Chengdu, and give me a clean record without any star. I figure it's probably a black car to pick me up from Q hotel and send me to nearby cities like Ningbo or Hangzhou or Wuxi, then take a flight to Chengdu. They have connections to the government and the car should have special permission to pass all sort of inspection stations on highways. They will give me a new SIM card showing 行程卡 without Shanghai record. They promise I will be a free man upon landing in Chengdu.

I feel that I would rather save 50K RMB for something else. I can use some IQ and planning to be a freeman in Chengdu after only 7 days of Q. There is no rush to get to Chengdu now.

Also, I am cautiously optimistic that situation in Shanghai will improve after my release date of May 23. There should be some flights to Chengdu by the end of the month.

Meanwhile, it's good to see the lockdown in Shanghai and to witness the history. An excellent life experience.