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Is there some actual security threat they're designing against, or is it imitating the west, or a way for a contractor to make money (an even more accurate imit
by rdl 11y ago
Is there some actual security threat they're designing against, or is it imitating the west, or a way for a contractor to make money (an even more accurate imitation of the west).
I know there were some issues with Muslim separatists, but they didn't seem to even rise to the level of US terrorism threat. We do airport theater but not bus/subway theater, even in NYC.
- chrischen 11y agoFor a domestic flight in China they made me discard a small bottle of children's moltrin. Seems pretty US-imitative to me.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoThe Chinese TSA is the best one in the world for finding...lighters. Really, second to none. Of course everyone else just allows them.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoThey are paranoid about Uighers, ya. Also, it just feels like something china would do even if there was really no good reason for it.
- juliangregorian 11y agoNo, cops setting up shop just inside the subway station and doing spot checks of passengers' bags is not uncommon.