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<p>[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 4157506, member: 9259"]Yes, the lacquer seal meant it could be exported, if you had the original receipt with you. Lacquer wooden box from the 60s, priced at 40 yuan rmb.</p><p>Just a fait divers: after almost 40 years in China, when I left, I had a LOT of pieces bloqued from exiting the country. Yes, I had the lacquer seals and receipts, all of them. Their excuse? "We changed the law; the seal and receipt are now only valid for 6 months. After 6 months, you can no longer exit the country with it."</p><p>How's that for communist flip floping and don't giving a darn rats tail about contracts!?</p><p>What about things brought from outside China AND declared, AND sealed in a box by the customs? Same thing! It's been too long! You can no longer take it with you! (Yep, I had six boxes that stayed behind because...)</p><p>Another fait (even worse!) divers: if you bring anything into China that is an antique, and do not declare it, they will confiscate it when you exit. I was a diplomat there. I had two dictionaries shiped to me from abroad, dating back to 1829 one and the other, 1831, compiled by a Jesuit priest. As a diplomat, I could have anything shipped to me without any customs' supervision. As of the last time I saw them for sale anywhere, they were valued at $8k each volume. They took them. Took us over a year to get them back inside China, but they reassured us that if we tried to exit with them, they would confiscate them and NOT return them, this time. I did manage to get them out. (But that's another story...)</p><p>Similarly, a German friend of mine brought with her to Beijing a family heirloom, a Bible dating back to the late 1600s, if memory does not fail me. They confiscated it when she left.</p><p>Yep... Welcome to the world of communism totalitarian ruling.</p><p>Off my soap box.</p><p>Just don't forget, if you go to China and buy anything, if it is "antique" make sure you can bring it out, and keep the receipt![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 4157506, member: 9259"]Yes, the lacquer seal meant it could be exported, if you had the original receipt with you. Lacquer wooden box from the 60s, priced at 40 yuan rmb. Just a fait divers: after almost 40 years in China, when I left, I had a LOT of pieces bloqued from exiting the country. Yes, I had the lacquer seals and receipts, all of them. Their excuse? "We changed the law; the seal and receipt are now only valid for 6 months. After 6 months, you can no longer exit the country with it." How's that for communist flip floping and don't giving a darn rats tail about contracts!? What about things brought from outside China AND declared, AND sealed in a box by the customs? Same thing! It's been too long! You can no longer take it with you! (Yep, I had six boxes that stayed behind because...) Another fait (even worse!) divers: if you bring anything into China that is an antique, and do not declare it, they will confiscate it when you exit. I was a diplomat there. I had two dictionaries shiped to me from abroad, dating back to 1829 one and the other, 1831, compiled by a Jesuit priest. As a diplomat, I could have anything shipped to me without any customs' supervision. As of the last time I saw them for sale anywhere, they were valued at $8k each volume. They took them. Took us over a year to get them back inside China, but they reassured us that if we tried to exit with them, they would confiscate them and NOT return them, this time. I did manage to get them out. (But that's another story...) Similarly, a German friend of mine brought with her to Beijing a family heirloom, a Bible dating back to the late 1600s, if memory does not fail me. They confiscated it when she left. Yep... Welcome to the world of communism totalitarian ruling. Off my soap box. Just don't forget, if you go to China and buy anything, if it is "antique" make sure you can bring it out, and keep the receipt![/QUOTE]
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