life - Reversed security

After being away for four months it is interesting to see what might have changed. No complaints about Air Nippon (an excellent service and they upgraded me to business class!) but I was curious when they announced that because of security in China our bags would be checked when we entered the country.
Now, I think all the checking when you enter a plane is a nuisance, but I can see the logic of that. Checking us when we leave the plane seemed a bit odd, to put it midly. Perhaps China wanted to check the illegal flows for money that are heading back into the country?
Fortunately, not so much had changed. There were still this SARS-people not checking my temperature, but then having a job is also an art. Then I went through Quarantine, where they stamped my form and took it in. Then I walked through immigrations, where they actually checked my visa, and Customs where they did not check anything.
Nobody checked my back to see whether I was carrying a nail clipper meant to hyjack the country! Glad to be back in this flexible country.