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2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Postal restrictionsPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 3, 2008 10:51 PM
The Hindu reports:
New Danwei cohort Lydia Wallace today tried to mail a laptop to a friend in another city. She was told: "Come back after October"; the restrictions seem to be in force already. |
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Comments on Postal restrictions
Actually, restrictions have been in place for at least a month at the Jianguomenwai 'International' post office. I have sent a few parcels in the last month and whereas in the past I've actually been able to show up with a sealed package and pop it in the mail for overseas delivery, I must now go through the nonsense of showing the peons what I am sending to ensure there are no liquids or presumably explosives (as if they'd be able to identify explosives!). And I have been informed by staff at the same location that all items are going through x-ray examination before being loaded onto a plane and that due to this overseas delivery will take up to twice as long as usual. I only wish I could jump into a time machine and set the date to Oct. 1. Sigh.
security theater comes to china
I have sent a parcel to Chengdu, China via air parcel last May 13, 2008 it's almost 2 months now my consignee still waiting for the parcel because until now he did not received the parcel. The consignee is:
Mr. Hu Wei
Sichuan Chengdu
Chifan Daxue, Dong Qu
Wenli Xueyuan DM-06-02
China
Registry no.:RR-4113246PH