Back in 2006, I was traveling for business in China. I had been in a city called Xiamen for a week and was traveling back to Hong Kong before coming back to the US. This was one of the last legs of a two week trip through Asia. I had gone through several different security checks during the trip. One of the things that was different from security in the US is that everyone was screened with the wand style metal detectors. They would also hold these wands against your body as they moved it up and down your body. This would be done to everyone regardless of age. It was also done in addition to going through a walk-through metal detector. In the US, you would probably get an apology from the security person if they even touched you with the wand. In China, it was the way things were done.
The Xiamen airport was particularly busy this day. The lines were long in the security area. They were opening everyone’s luggage. One of the kids in line ahead of me had a handheld Nintendo game system. One of the security guards turned it on and started playing it. There was no sense of urgency to get people through this checkpoint but we had given ourselves plenty of time. I was standing in a line with a lady performing the checks with the wand. There was an older Chinese man in the line ahead of me. I watched as she checked him with the wand. She ran the wand up and down the front of his body. Then she ran the wand up and down his back. When she was done, she smacked him on the ass with the wand. It was like she was telling him with her actions, “OK, I’m done. You can move along now.”