Jan 30 2008
planning around holidays (and weather)
It seems that China’s weather problem is not about to let up. From CNN:
China’s worst winter in more than half a century showed no signs of abating Wednesday as forecasters told citizens to brace for three more days of snow and sleet.
“The heavy snow and sleet has paralyzed transport and coal shipments, and led to travelers cramming railways stations and airports and power supply reductions in almost half of the 31 provinces and regions on the Chinese mainland,” China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
If you are counting on Chinese suppliers at this time, you probably already know that your shipments will be delayed due to the Chinese New Year holiday week. You probably didn’t expect that the flow of products (and even information) would be this delayed.
This is a good warning to you to plan around the Chinese holidays. (and not just bad weather) That would be the New Year and the Moon Festival. There used to be a third (what people called “May Day”), but the government has curtailed that. Good planning is going to be your friend.
