Exiting PVG today I experienced something I never have before with echannel. The line to use echannel was longer than the foreigner line and the reason was there were two immigration police at the front of the line, before the gates, asking every single user to look at their passport and questioning why they were leaving, where they were going, etc. It was meant just for Chinese citizens as when I reached the front of the line they just waved me through without any questions.

Has anybody seen this before? It will put a small crimp in my “show up an hour before the flight” plans if it becomes a common thing.