Ever tried dealing with the banks in China?

They make changing foreign currency into RMB a piece of piss, but changing RMB back INTO foreign currency can be an absolute nightmare, except for perhaps the larger branches of BOC in the bigger cities. Even closing a bank account can be a nightmare in China and requires interminable stamping of papers and so on. It was for that reason I'd just take any leftover RMB earned down to HK and change it there before flying home out of HKIA. China is a nightmare to deal with things like sending money. Turnoi has mentioned his problems with western union there, normally you get some bank worker who thinks he/she is right and who won't admit they are wrong to the foreigner, or lies with a smile. In the UK this person would be called a "jobsworth", I'm sure there is a chinese term for it, but I'm too tired to bother looking it up right now.