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China: Is That A Passport In Your Pants Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

When I was last in China (in April), I asked a few foreigners whether they carried their passports with them wherever they went. The typical response was that they used to not do so, but now they were trying to do so and maybe they would try even harder in the future because they were hearing of random checks. Someone mentioned carrying a copy. Today's Shanghai Daily has an article entitled, "Police to carry out visa check," saying "foreigners in Shanghai should carry their passports with them for random checks by police, according to the Exit-Entry Administration of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau." (h/t to Shanghaiist) I have every reason to believe this advice holds true virtually throughout China and this is just another sign of China's efforts to deport those in the country illegally and to get a firm handle on this in the country legally.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).