> I had to look up TSA.

I haven't bothered, maybe the OP will enlighten the rest of us ...

> China has security arrangements to check people travelling on internal ai=
r transport
> and on some rail systems. Such arrangements may not be in place everywher=
e but I'd
> consider this normal in any country these days.

When we moved to the UK in 1997 we travelled through China, and I can verif=
y the checking of bags on trains, as well as at airports. When travelling f=
rom China north into Siberia we had to pay as our baggage was overweight - =
there is a weight restriction put on because of the number of Chinese takin=
g goods into Russia to trade. Watching said traders get their large amount =
of luggage onto the train during a 10 minute stop at the last major station=
 before the border is another story again ...

> When travelling internationally and flying QANTAS I have been subjected t=
o 'at the
> gate' checks by Australian security staff in addition to the airport secu=
rity. These
> are every bit as rigorous as any other.=20

With all due respect to the Australians, I have travelled through Australia=
n airports on a number of occasions, and every time the staff at check in d=
esks and any control point have been the most obstreperous of any I have co=
me across, even more so than US ones who can be pretty gruff. You won't be =
allowed 100g of overweight luggage without paying for it is my experience. =
I have also been through the get off plane, go through security check, get =
on plane a couple of hours later set up, and can back up Russells comment o=
n this.

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