Sure, they aren't all made in China, but I'm betting that certain components are. Google tells me that CNY starts Feb 11 and goes on for 15 days - in my experience, for the Chinese this is bigger than any combination of holidays you care to name on the Western calendar, esp when so many of the latter don't have fireworks or people handing you money in red envelopes
 
I dont know when the factories actually shut down, but I thought this might be an opportune time to mention it *before* folk start putting in orders in early Feb and wondering where their amp is on the 22nd......

Chinese starts on the 3rd of Feb.

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Chinese starts on the 3rd of Feb.

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Doh ! In that case, this message just became even more urgent
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year#Dates
 
Thanks for the correction - I am organising Festivus to ensure that we Westerners dont feel left out.

The CNY holiday period is officially from 2nd to 8th of Feb in China. Everyone will be rushing back home on eve or earlier, so expect offices/factory to be pretty much non-operational.

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The CNY holiday period is officially from 2nd to 8th of Feb in China. Everyone will be rushing back home on eve or earlier, so expect offices/factory to be pretty much non-operational.

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Right, so what you are saying is that next Tuesday is the last day when anyone will be doing anything in a factory or office in China ? If its anything like Australia in the leadup to a holiday, I pity the fool who gets one of *those* amps 

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Chinese starts on the 3rd of Feb.

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Doh ! In that case, this message just became even more urgent
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year#Dates
 
Thanks for the correction - I am organising Festivus to ensure that we Westerners dont feel left out.

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Hehehehe, I can help you get into the spirit by letting you handing me some monies in red envelops 
 

According to my experience in mainland China, the Chinese New Year is beginning in the end of January if most of the workers are from a remote part of China. However if they're originally from around the factory, then their holidays are shorter.
 
Right now some factories are already on stand-by, and their number will gradually rise in the next days. Reopening is not gonna happen before the 11th or 14th of February. Of course not all factories work the same way, but that's how it happens in my line of work (foodstuff).

If it were a country like Spain or Italy, I would berate them for being 'layabouts taking a ridiculously long holiday' but I believe this is *the* annual holiday for many Chinese - none of the '4 weeks annual leave plus public holidays' lark we enjoy in the West. Not to mention that many work 50-70 hours a week as a matter of course.
 

Different countries, different lifestyles, different workstyles.

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Different countries, different lifestyles, different workstyles.

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Sure, but our lifestyles depend on our productivity and fiscal prudence - its way OT, but I suspect that the Germans dont share your laissez-faire approach to the working week. For the rest of us, a Euro-led GFC Mk II would wreak havoc on our ability to buy audio goodies over things like food and shelter.

Ok, since you're pushing the thing here we go.
 
Productivity charts are quite interesting indeed, and show that working time doesn't always mean efficient work. Case in point with Germany, which isn't an economic superpower thanks to their productivity, but thanks to their innovation capability. Also when it comes to fiscal prudence, it's way more complicated than simply talking in Keynesian terms of production and consumption. The quickly ageing population of Germany is gonna be a huge challenge in the next 20 to 50 years. Countries with a growing or maintained population will have less fiscal pressure. Let's avoid over-simplified prejudices, shall we ?
 
Back to China, again according to my first hand experience you need more time to get things right in this country than say Italy or Spain. Population's education has a huge effect. One also has to be aware than not everything can be done there, contrary to "western" countries.

Even though the Chinese New Year holiday lasts for 15 days, the actual public holiday period for most people just three days unless they take annual leave. I'd say the post office would be closed from 3rd Feb to 6th Feb, but of course there are other things that might influence the processing time.

Most people only take the first 3 days off, which is from 3rd to 6th, but some do take a week or two off. The first 3 days all chinese cities pretty much just shut down...
And I GET MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON AUDIO

Little red envelops right ? You seem to love it But again everybody would.

Anyway that's a good time to enjoy some nice tunes, and take it easy.

i'd say the festive leave period is dependable on each company, some company provides a 5-7 days leave while others may go as much as 21days..