Currency question
Apr 26, 2015, 5:54 pm
#31
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This is true. Although I suspect that there is some way to go back if you're turned away at the border, I definitely can't guarantee that you won't be thrown into some sort of immigration holding cell for refusing to pay the fee. We may have to wait for a traveller to actually make the trip, pay, and then report back to know for sure.
Apr 27, 2015, 2:27 am
#32
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If they want to play rough, they have the power to fine and deport you for trying to enter China without a visa. They can also be nice if they want and arrange your return to HK without a fine. Point is, it's an administrative hassle for them to get you back to HK, and you should not show up at Luohu unless you're prepared to pay the fee, whatever it is.
Apr 27, 2015, 4:32 am
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There are certainly examples of people leaving HK, being refused entry to China, and returning to HK with no great extra hassle. It happened recently to someone who had taken part in the Occupy protests (but who had not been arrested or charged with anything) - she tried to enter China at Ching Ming with her family to visit an ancestor's grave and was told at the Chinese border that her entry permit had been withdrawn (unknown to the HK authorities).
Apr 27, 2015, 4:42 am
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There are certainly examples of people leaving HK, being refused entry to China, and returning to HK with no great extra hassle. It happened recently to someone who had taken part in the Occupy protests (but who had not been arrested or charged with anything) - she tried to enter China at Ching Ming with her family to visit an ancestor's grave and was told at the Chinese border that her entry permit had been withdrawn (unknown to the HK authorities).