What if you get infected and end up getting the anal probing anyway?

I doubt it. All quarantine policies have been based on origin of travel, not nationality. A random link from qq.com is not trustworthy.

Since the last 7 days at your apartment is likely enforced by your neighborhood committee. I’d guess it comes down to how much of the “foreigners are spreading Covid everywhere” propaganda your neighborhood committee ingested and how much they like you.

I'm currently going through the process, and it's stated on the numerous documents/forms that need to be signed.
Also conveyed by the agent that's doing some of the legwork in Beijing, in addition to the co-workers where I work.
They were quite explicit about this difference.

I suspect THAT is the main reason for the difference. To save themselves all the headache of worried village folk, they simply won't allow the foreigners outside for the 7 days.
I was pretty much one of the only foreigners in the whole area anyway, so it's going to be easy to enforce! :cool:

My lease expires TODAY, but I got a one day extension. During my quarantine period, I will get another apartment, and will need to rely upon friends like travelinmanS to check it out (I will pay for this service). I'm moving to a hotel near Laowai Jie tomorrow, and the Dallas flight is Tuesday.

Vaccines don’t prevent infection very well so I’m getting anal-yzed regardless in that case.

Could one just get an Airbnb or something for a week or two? Would that be sufficient for the process?

I am going back to China end of next week. I will be doing the following:

14 days in isolation at assigned Quarantine hotel in Shanghai
7 days at a hotel in Shanghai after being released from the 14-day isolated quarantine.
7 days at my service apartment in Beijing.

My question for those who may experienced the similar situation is the 7-day Shanghai hotel before returning to Beijing:

Will all the commercially operated Shanghai hotels allow me to stay with a green code after being cleared the 14-day isolated quarantine?

I have read mixed responses on various blogs, but will try here for Flyertalkers' experience.

Sure, but that again has nothing to do with nationality. If anything they'll probably base it on what you look like :D

Not a direct answer to your question but you may not even have a green code. When I left quarantine in Shanghai (at the time the requirement was simply 14 days) my QR code turned out to be red and I only found out when I got to the check-in desk at the next hotel.

Luckily they accepted my end-of-quarantine certificate and negative PCR result that you get just before you leave quarantine.

I then appealed through the AliPay app (apparently a false red code is a regular occurrence) and the code turned green the next morning.

I got my second dose of Sinopharm yesterday, and they also hooked me up with Klonopin (only y6.8 for 21 pills!). PCR test needs to wait until tomorrow.

I know two people who got hotels in shanghai for the last 7 days after the quarantine just last month. It shouldn’t be an issue. Of course it makes sense to call the hotel and let them know your plans. You’ll have plenty of free time in the first 14 days to do so.

The certificate of quarantine release and the final test paperwork are your most prized possession for the first 30 days in China. Western chain hotels will all accept this in shanghai.

Make sure you have a China SIM card waiting for you in quarantine though. I assume you already have one of those.

Can I ask where your getting your PCR test, for my trip back to the uk next month someone recommended that I go to one of the Parkway clinics...