This article narrates the author's harrowing experience of being detained in China due to a passport issue. The detailed personal account explores the events leading up to the detention, the emotional impact, and the ultimate resolution of the incident.

What started as a routine visa check turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare

I Was Detained in China: How a Passport Error Almost Got Me Arrested

It was so surreal, horrifying, and incomprehensible that I assumed it had to be a joke, that somehow, I must’ve become a celebrity during my 12-hour flight to China, and Ashton Kutcher was pranking…

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It was so surreal, horrifying, and incomprehensible that I assumed it had to be a joke, that somehow ...

This article on Medium describes the author's personal experience of being detained in China due to a passport error. It narrates the challenges faced during this ordeal and the lessons learned about travel documentation.

An unexpected travel nightmare that taught me a valuable lesson about documentation.

In 2010 I applied to UCLA, a major “reach” school. My college counselor laughed at the idea of me even applying — how silly of me!  I was a good student, but being from the East Coast, the odds were…

In 2010 I applied to UCLA, a major “reach” school. My college counselor laughed at the idea of me ev ...

The Essay That Got Me into UCLA - CALIZ

We don’t lay in bed because we are sad, we lay in bed because we feel hopeless. We lay there because there is nowhere else for our lifeless bodies to collapse. Beds symbolize a place of comfort…

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