chill68
From: Germany
5/1/2003 05:43 EST
Hi all
My wife and I will be moving to Beijing in July but being a music buff I'm not sure what to do with my large CD collection as our removalists told us we can only send a maximum 200 combined CDs, video's and DVDs. I was going to buy a CD folder which holds 100 and put it in my hand luggage. Would anyone be able to tell me generally how strick Chinese customs are at the airports in terms of going through your personal baggage ?? Strange question I know but we plan to be in China for a few years it'd be great to have our music with us rather then in storage. Any other hints (Fedex etc..) would be much appreciated.
cheers
Andrew
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CanadianGuy
From: China
5/1/2003 18:45 EST
Chinese customs are among the easiest in the world to clear. I've lived here some 10 years, and entered-exited the country numerous times, and never once faced any kind of search or examination.
Regarding bringing in CD's, I'd suggest that you just put them in some sort of box or carrier, and bring them with you as personal belongings. So long as they are obviously for personal use (not for sale within China), this should be no problem. If you divide them up and designate half as your property, and half as your wife's, this will make things even easier.
Quite frankly, I've never heard of ANYONE having CD's or other such things confiscated when brought into China, unless they were illegal (ie. pornographic, or pirated), or were being brought in for commercial purposes. I really don't think you need to worry about this.
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stripes
From: China
5/5/2003 14:13 EST
Are you kidding?!
I am presently living in The Tianjin noolde bowl, about 89 miles from good ole Beijing. In the past two years of my sentence here, I have traveled in and out of China on R & R trips and one home leave. Even during the aftermath of the 9-11 I was amazed to see that the Chinese customs agents and basic security at the Beijing International airport practically non-existent. Now, saying that, I have seen a few people coming in from the US told to go get in one line to go through their version of an x-ray machine. Most of the time,when I have come gone to the baggage claim area it has been so empty one could host a major luggage carosel bowling ball tournament with NO guards at the exit doors. The BIG problem is NOT bringing in CD's from the outside but getting the pirated ones OUT of here! If you have not packed up your shipment yet, I would be glad to give you the REAL scoop on what to bring with you and what to forget about. I wish someone had done this for me while I was getting ready to move over here. China is going through what I call future shock in action on a daily basis(even with the SARS fun and games going on) and while there are many more western products to find now here in this bowl, there are still many that you might be use to that are still hard to obtain. Good luck. If I can help please email at Chiefx111@yahoo.com. Welcome to the noodle bowl!!
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dickisd
From: India
9/18/2003 20:16 EST
I'm an American currently living in Bangalore, India moving to Tianjin in November '03. Two questions:
1. Can I get the contents of my bar, maybe 20 bottles of different spirits through Customs, or should I just get rid of it here in India?
2. Any insights into bringing a small dog into China.
3. (I was wrong on "two" - General impressions of Tianjin/TEDA area.
Thanks.
Steve
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CanadianGuy
From: China
9/21/2003 05:04 EST
1) Bringing one or two bottles wouldn't be a problem; 20 bottles likely will be. I'd suggest getting rid of them before you come.
2) You can bring a dog into China, but there are various requirements to do so. You would do best to contact a relocation company that specializes in such issues (a quick internet search using "relocation china" as keywords should give you a good list). If you do things the right way, you can get your dog in fairly quickly and easily; if you do them the wrong way, your dog could face a month or longer in quarantine.
Once in China, you are also required to pay an annual license fee for your dog...a lot of people ignore this, but the gov't is cracking down recently, and I have heard of several cases of peoples' dogs being seized and euthanized because they weren't registered. Caution is recommended.
Final note -- a small dog is much less problematic than a larger dog. Larger dogs are only legal in the outer districts of Beijing; inside the third ring road, only smaller dogs are allowed.
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