cannongeorge Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Will PRC customs allow vistors to bring in handheld GPS? I will be in Changsha, Wuhan, and Yueyang, and was wondering if anyone had specific experience with customs on this issue. Quote Link to comment
Licorice Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Don't know, but I will personally find out next week. To most people it just looks like a cell phone anyways and my experience in the past is that it actually is more of a fascination to customs and airport officals than anything else. If it is questionable, just remember to always go to a male offical since boys like toys. Quote Link to comment
ogster Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 I would suggest not declaring this device as its value is not high and seI have not heard of these being banned there. It can go either in hand or check-in luggage in my experience without any customs bother. Quote Link to comment
+infosponge Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 When I went to China (NY->Anchorage->Shanghai->Beijing) a few years ago, they just looked at my passport on the way in, and didn't check anything at all on the way out. The plane stopped in Tokyo on the way back and the Japanese authorities made everyone get out and be re-screened, but I doubt they'd have an issue with a GPS. Quote Link to comment
SuperCesc Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Dear friends, In August 2002, I went in China. I travelled in an organized travel. I went with my GPS, and i didn't have no problem. Normally, in my country, "I only see" 6 or 7 satellites, and in China, "I saw" 8, 9 or 10... Quote Link to comment
Licorice Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Walked right through customs last week in Beijing and they don't seem to check anyone if you head to the green line with nothing to declare. So far I have hidden one virtual cache in Qingdao right near the centre of the site of some of the water-based activities for the 2008 Summer Olympic games (see http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=40210). Steve (aka Licorice) http://www.geckobeach.com Quote Link to comment
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