No. Not sure if it is only contained to some cities but in Shenyang I have never been checked and I hope it stays that way.

Been checked no big issue really other than I hope I don't need to keep showing the police my passport when they feel the need to.

Side note went to Salitun on Sat night for dinner and mysteriously most of the Nigerians have dissapeared from the square. Love it how they annouced the areas they are targeting gives them time to move along to another area and setup "shop"

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I walk by the police all the time everyday and not one peep.

Many times they are even eating beside us at an outdoor restaurant and they are too busy slammin the baijiu to notice me I guess.

police come 2times to my villa... they disguise as came to check.... but infact both times.. they were marketing a new house alarm system.. talks a lot that it is much better than the one i have now... costs~2-3k as well!!!.. i didnt buy..

I've been stopped but not checked!!

I is one. I've lived in Zhangjiagang for 3.6 years every time I enter the country after a short break home, the local PCB call me to advise that I re-register. A week before the visa is due to expire I get the call to remind me. Last time I sincerely forgot to visit the office after the reminder call, and the lady officer went nuts. Personally I think she just like to feel authoritative. They have called at the home on one occasions to take the passport away to check.

Not once. Today I was at an Expo with a friend and we grabbed a quick bite of lunch and sat down with a group of about six policemen,  the only thing they did was to offer us chocolate biscuits and give us a bottle of water each. They really are not worried about us at all. I think the Party decides to have this sort of crackdown every now and again to show they are doing something, the police have to do their bit for a while and everything calms down. Even at our English corner on a Sunday morning there are often police around but they have never asked any of us for id. I think like everywhere else that provided you are not causing any trouble its a case of live and let live.

My landlord is policeman, so I no need to be checked more i guess

no

Once, when I was visiting a pagoda in a backwater town, a group of policemen approached me demanding. . .  a photo together. . . 

No. I live in Zhengzhou though, the cops here don't give a toss about anything.

fingers crossed I have been in China (shenzhen) 14 years and I have never had my passport checked

I got checked once, back in 2010. Was just before the Asian games in Guangzhou & I'd been to the dentist early morning then to the expat shop for some treats. Was waiting for my car to pick me up & got approached by two policemen & a guy in a suit. He was the immigration guy, asked for my passport & I gave him the photocopy of it & my visa that I always carried (never carried the original, only a copy). The guy was very polite, noted my details on a list & then politely told me to carry the original in future. I still only carry a copy!

They are supposed to be carrying out checks in GZ at the moment but not been stopped myself yet. 

Last week. In a bar on the edge of GZ.

This was a strange one. I was outside my local bar having a smoke and 5 Police turned up and went inside.  These were not the average local cops, these were smartly dressed.

Before I finished my smoke they all left.

I went in and asked what they were up to. Turns out they wanted to see a foreigners passport. There were 4 foreigners in the bar, but they just wanted to see one passport. They did not check everyone.

Seems to have been a tick the box exercise.  If they had been serious about it they would have checked everyones.

Haven't seen anything yet. But with the holidays coming in Feb, 2015 I think we might see one soon.

Nothing here. Honestly I think the police in my city are either: Scared to approach me or too amused by me to every do or say anything. I say scared to approach me because i know if they ever stopped me, they can't speak English, and they would be very embarrassed when I pretended like I didn't speak Chinese and couldn't understand them. Every time I see the police they are always staring at me like I'm Kobe Bryant.

Chinese cops are very busy to check foreigns,. They just want to  threaten us publishing some news. 

I live in a tier IV city; it's like the Lawless East here. Zebra crossings are for show, guanxi/relationships is what passes for order, and only hongbao talks. I've never even been asked for my passport, and I'd be very worried if I were. I was almost in a panic when some people (one in police uniform) gave me a residence registration form. My wife has relatives in police station, local government and PSB, and this allows me to not get screwed over all the time.

OK, not a representative answer I suppose. But now you know about rural Sichuanese life.

Never, I don't see any policeman around my district anyway, it's a low density residential area with gated residences, fancy parks and some luxury malls around the subway station, it's mostly middle class members living here, we don't even have a police station in the area. However I see cops quite often in the overcrowded downtown area, I guess there is supposed to be more crime there.

This question is over two years but hey I'll update on my side of town, Shenzhen, I haven't seen or heard of any crackdowns or school PSB raids in a very long time, 2012 was the last time I saw a big crackdown, but that was mostly on foreigners that were from near by countries or not from the 5 top government countries. I've heard stories, heard rumors, saw news that wasn't confirmed, got my FEC renewed 6 times for 6 years for the same company and didn't have to leave. So I sum it up to this: Strange thins will happen at strange times. But I haven't seen anything like that for awhile.