China subsidizes the postal service to keep up their exports.
Wonder how long that'll keep up given their current issues...
But you do have a have a lot of patience. It seems to be getting a lot slower.
I just hit a new record: An item shipped on November 25th arrived last week to Canada.
I had package of green tea I ordered show up 7 months after I ordered it.
I've had both, between a week and 2 months. About 2-3 things never arrived, but ali (better said the seller) gave the money back each time.