My sister's a travel agent with an Oz company. She's pissed off. She says as of recently there's a whole lot of extra hurdles for coming to tour China. One in particular, she, as travel agent, has to provide a detailed itinerary accounting for where the tourist will be the entire time they're in China *before* a tourist visa will be issued. As such, she's got people who'll (in theory) be departing before they have confirmed visas.
Anyone know if Z visa/Resident Permits are still multi-entry? As in, if you're in China and working, and you want to step out for a breather, maybe go to Thailand or a trip to Oz, you can still get back in if your current Z is still... well, current?
Mine expires September 30. If I sign up for another year, as I may, then because of summer holidays, the process of renewing it will, hooray, happen right around July. Yay!