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Originally Posted by Greylocks
He can export anything he wants. It just wont get here.
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He's may actually be correct in part with that statement, although he probably doesn't know it.
The legal aspect of airsoft in China is really gray. It's actually very similar to Canadian law in the respect that it is acceptable to own and export (in some places) but very illegal to import. It is definitely legal to manufacture for export, but the question is whether it is legal to own on the mainland.
It is not clear whether it is legal or not, as I've been told both stories, but I do know that it varies largely upon the area you live in. Right now, living in Shanghai, I would be very worried to bring the guns into the city to export, but if I was living in Shenzhen or Guangzhou, everything is different and you can purchase the airsoft guns of CT quality for $0.75 and a HFC M190 Auto for $35.
It makes guns like Classic Army and Tokyo Marui hard to find, as they have to be smuggled. Strangely, HFC is said to be from Taiwan, but there is an abundance of very cheap HFC airsoft pistols here, so I would doubt that they are manufactured in Taiwan.