tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13860998.post470688214830464832..comments2023-09-26T21:47:12.385+08:00Comments on Beijing or Bust: ParanoiaBeijing Loaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245736986357689046noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13860998.post-41124275868341402472008-04-05T09:42:00.000+08:002008-04-05T09:42:00.000+08:00I believe that the plotting and the subsequent arr...I believe that the plotting and the subsequent arrest were actually real. The entire country's airports have implemented the stringent baggage checking routine. As to the hair gel--well, all US airports made us take off our shoes for a few years after 911. They may still do.Beijing Loaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245736986357689046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13860998.post-62848924682946666442008-03-31T18:10:00.000+08:002008-03-31T18:10:00.000+08:00I'm still kinda suspicious as to whether there rea...I'm still kinda suspicious as to whether there really was an Uighur gasoline plot. It somehow didn't ring true to me at all, more like a ploy to make the Uighurs look bad and the Chinese look like victims. But perhaps that's my western media bias.<BR/>I also still don't get how making you check in your hairgel (and confiscating my deodorant) is supposed to make flying somehow terrorist-proof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com