I passed through China last year on a layover and was basically treated like a criminal. Bought two tickets to Bangkok from LAX through Quingdao and Xiamen on a Chinese airline. I get to customs, was forced to stand in line for well over an hour with no access to a restroom. Get all my bags searched, and get patted down. Go through security. Repeat. Find a restroom. It’s a hole in the ground. Little kids climbing under the door while I’m squatting. Constant knocking and waving under the door to hurry up. Constant pushing, shoving, and spitting. Domestic connection. So no customs for my next leg. Wrong again. Numerous lines, waiting for hours in lines while employees played on their phones. Pass through a line. Wait in another line. More paperwork, more pat downs, more questioning, all to connect through. Same shit on the way home. Next time I’ll pay twice as much to connect through Japan when I want to see my Thai in-laws. Never dealing with China again.
I passed through China last year on a layover and was basically treated like a criminal. Bought two tickets to Bangkok from LAX through Quingdao and Xiamen on a Chinese airline. I get to customs, was forced to stand in line for well over an hour with no access to a restroom. Get all my bags searched, and get patted down. Go through security. Repeat. Find a restroom. It’s a hole in the ground. Little kids climbing under the door while I’m squatting. Constant knocking and waving under the door to hurry up. Constant pushing, shoving, and spitting. Domestic connection. So no customs for my next leg. Wrong again. Numerous lines, waiting for hours in lines while employees played on their phones. Pass through a line. Wait in another line. More paperwork, more pat downs, more questioning, all to connect through. Same shit on the way home. Next time I’ll pay twice as much to connect through Japan when I want to see my Thai in-laws. Never dealing with China again.
China is asshoe.