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Good summary by everyone above...China does many impressive things but examples like this are also possible due to lack of oversight, lack of regulation, and co

Good summary by everyone above...China does many impressive things but examples like this are also possible due to lack of oversight, lack of regulation, and corruption (obviously the 'correct' level of oversight and regulation is a struggle in many countries, USA included). My most recent stay in Beijing (20th floor of a hotel/condo building) seemed wonderful (all things considered) until I discovered an oddity one day. My door had no way to disable the door lock from the inside except by key. It took a minute for the implications of this to dawn on me (hint: there is a fire, you can't find your keys, and you like to keep your door locked). Took about 5 weeks before I even noticed the issue (one day I went to leave the apartment and couldn't find my keys and I went to talk to the front desk and realized I couldn't leave the suite).

ChrisNorstrom 15y ago
THIS SCARES THE SHIT out of me. And it is NOT just in China, Lots of European countries have this. We went to Italy and Greece and the doors were like that. Huge multiple dead bolts, heavy metal doors, and you need a key to get OUT as well as in. It was at that time that I was thankful for the rules we have here in the US. At the end of our stay in Athens Greece we actually got locked IN the apartment building at 5am because the owner of the building instructed us to simply leave the keys on the table and close the door behind you. When we got down to the door to the hall of the apartments we couldn't get OUT. So in Europe you better have a key on each of your family members or else you might get locked IN.