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Yes. I have been back from China for over a year now.

OK so were you there as a student? Sorry to be nosy don't answer if you don't want to.

I was a postdoc there. I would venture a guess and say that students are not considered foreign experts.

Probably not. Did you get the feeling you were being watched though beyond the computer/online level? I have always wanted to visit but this kind of stuff makes me nervous about going.