>China for instance has banned shipping all lithium ion batteries via China Post
Fedex and UPS both treat lithium ion batteries as dangerous goods, with the exception of batteries shipped "with equipment" i.e. shipping a laptop with its battery, without the battery being plugged in.
How does that make sense? If item A is dangerous, how does putting item B in the same shipment suddenly make item A not dangerous? Is the non-powered-on laptop capable of putting out fires or something?
The Chinese rule is extremely annoying, but I'm forced to admit that at least it makes logical sense.
[0] https://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/resources/ship/packaging/g...
[1] http://www.labelmaster.com/fedex-battery-shipping-policy