[Ex-Con777]

I had it happen to a flight attendant. The simple solution is to stay on the plane and return to the US. But, nooooooo.

They made her deplane, took her to a secure area and kept her there until the airline paid an $8000 fine. It is not a quick process.

You need to understand the Chinese mentality. They are given a job to do. There is no deviation from the procedure. Thought and common sense will get them sent to the Mongolian border.

EC

[Gay State Conservative]

I know a bit about the Chinese mentality. I was tracked by Chinese officials during my first visit there in 1981 (long story...I wasn't arrested or anything). Yes,I've read that airlines can be fined for things like that and it's easy to imagine that he wouldn't have been allowed to just stay on the plane.

But I think my suggestion about an emergency passport would have been possible.

Just sayin'...

[Mean Daddy]

You need to understand the Chinese mentality. They are given a job to do. There is no deviation from the procedure. Thought and common sense will get them sent to the Mongolian border.

BIL used to travel to China regularly for his job and he had a laminated card that he would use to point to to get to his hotel, airport etc. and he never varied by staying within the China system. One of his co-workers from another company (Disney) decided to go outside the system and got a Chinese version of Uber where he was taken to the countryside and robbed of everything. Passport, license, CC etc. I guess Disney was able to expedite his return because of their political weight.