Question for Chinese people
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atomicdonkey
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I will find out for you, my father lives in China. I'll post back with more information when I have it.
atomicdonkey
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I can verify this. It starts this sunday and will last from 2 to 4 weeks - depending on the location.
It's called Chunyun and lasts for around 40 days. If anyone's interested -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunyun
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Why would a business that deals in international sales do something like this?
BIGBIGBIGMamas
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Ultimately you should have researched this in advance, but why THEY didn't mention this in advance Chinese New Year or not is tacky.
atomicdonkey
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You have to know the background before you can make such a claim. People in China do not know what a 'weekend' is. They work 7 days a week, all year long. Hours varying from 12-16 hours a day. And that includes most jobs, not only the typical industry you see in the news. The stores are open from the early morning untill the late evening. And the only holiday these people get is this one.
So many Chinese. It's called Spring Festival, like Christmas. Basically the festival last for 1 week(God I'd SOOOOO love it if it has 2-4 weeks vacation).
Back to the topic, the post office is not closed. It's just with 1.38 billion people went crazy at the same time, piles of goods need to be loaded and delivered, and most delivery men are enjoying their vacation at the mean time, delaying is common. But I doubt if it has to be 2-3 weeks. As I know, companies like TNT, FEDEX, UPS have agencies or branches in major cities, these carriers works just fine during the festival, just at higher price compare to local ones.
Back to the topic, the post office is not closed. It's just with 1.38 billion people went crazy at the same time, piles of goods need to be loaded and delivered, and most delivery men are enjoying their vacation at the mean time, delaying is common. But I doubt if it has to be 2-3 weeks. As I know, companies like TNT, FEDEX, UPS have agencies or branches in major cities, these carriers works just fine during the festival, just at higher price compare to local ones.
