Once again: the update is not anti-Chinese. A year ago, Postcrossing suspended Russian addresses for Finnish users because the statistics showed that for some reason Finnish postcards are not being delivered. We appreciated the diligence of the admins. Once the backlog of postcards started to reach their destination, the route Finland => Russia resumed.
Please understand, Postcrossing treats all countries equally. 
I trust the decision of the admins as I am sure it was based on data. My personal story: I stopped doing private swaps with China because my cards never arrived. I did get the ones from China, though.
I think the best attitude to certain sensitive out of context talk is not to reply or engage in the conversation. It’s out of topic too and so far the admins have made it clear with logical reasons of why the temporary suspension to China is being placed now. There’s no need for further arguments, since it won’t change anything for now, not until there are reports about traveling postcards to China are being registered
I have to express my opinion here, and I’m not writing as a moderator, but as a normal postcrosser.
I am so tired of reading the far-fetched arguments and especially the insults and insinuations against Paulo.
Paulo put his heart and soul into this site because he wanted to make it possible for people from all over the world to get in touch with each other by writing postcards.
We have all been using this site for years, mind you, without paying a fee for it.
We are all not in a position to make demands, the most we can do is ask for something.
But if that request cannot be fulfilled, and at the same time we are told why not, then we have to accept that.
It is an impertinence on your part to act as if there is nothing more important than cards being sent to you from all countries, but only 5% of which reach you.
Just wait until the situation of your post has changed and we can all write cards to China again.
Personally, I will probably no longer be able to do this with the same joy as before, which I regret very much.
Some examples for you from the time when suddenly Finnish post didn’t reach their destinations in Russia last year and the route was suspended for a while. Maybe these will give you some help when the route will be reopened.
And this was the situation when the route was reopened.
I understand that people are disappointed about this solution but some of the writings are just horrible to read.
The information was also placed at the top of the Postal Monitor, accessible also for non-forum users, on June 16th.
Hi @Bille
Once again it seems to be the vocal few, not the silent majority.
I am confident that the majority of Postcrossers appreciate the opportunity for global communication that @paulo has developed.
I’m saddened when I read insults and politicising, but again, I am confident that the extreme posts here probably don’t represent the majority of Chinese Postcrossers, any more than one strident or belligerent voice from any other country represents the whole.
I’m going to say that I’ve had the impression that China Post has been actively discouraging receipt of foreign mail from other countries for a while.
Very well put Bille and I totally agree, especially the final remark.
Hi Paulo,
First and foremost, thank you for monitoring postcard movement and updating this situation to us. I think it matters to both the two sides of sending and receiving cards.
I understand the anxious mood of waiting a card to be registered and thus the accompanying feedback. It’s not just a card, but also a tiny piece of love to be delivered from another corner in this world.
And we all know that this world is suffering not only covid, but also other more serious problems like wars, economic recession, energy crisis, extreme weather etc. You might hardly assert that people around the world are more unite than ever before. I do feel a sense of isolation. But that’s not what it should be.
Postcrossing gives us an opportunity to connect with people scattering around the globe. I appreciate this connection and definitely don’t want to lose it, especially in such a tough time.
Indeed, there is long delay in China and I feel truly sad when I checked my mailbox so often but only got an empty one. However, I believe they will arrive someday. They’re just being slow due to some facts that beyond our control. By the way, isn’t slowness one of the beauty of mailing a postcard? Otherwise we can choose a much faster way to communicate. Therefore, may I suggest Postcrossing not to suspend our connection to the whole world just to guarantee speed?
Thank you!
Just shocked when I see comment like “ Chinese community should leave post crossing….” I can still see it minutes ago. Be honest, this is the 10th year I be with postcrossing and never though will be treated like that. Most people from and outside China are try to solve the problems. I just hope everyone could be nice with each other, be respectful and don’t pick on nationality please.
When Polish Post worked very sketchy and extremely slow (in 2020), I decided to temporarily give up hobbies such as Postcrossing. Unfortunately, we have no influence on how the mail delivery works in our country. Half of the mail was lost on the way or took long moths (often more than a year) to arrive. I understand it’s sad, but hopefully the suspension can end soon.
I don’t think the high efficiency is one of the joys of postcard mailing. In today’s world of communications technology, it will take only a few seconds to send an email with a click if you want to pass on a message effectively. Isn’t the whole point of receiving and sending postcards to enjoy the wait and the surprise?
Besides,I don’t think the speed of China Post is excessively slow.Postcards I recently registered almost traveled for about 60 days, and this was after three months of lockdown in Shanghai where China’s main international postal business processing center locates. Shanghai is also gradually returning to normal so I think it will get better soon.
I hold the belief that, It is not speed of China Post that goes too far,but the hasty decision of admins.
This time, all the efforts of admins, making the decision of suspension, just led to unbelief, nonunderstanding and even anger from so many Chinese users.
I think there is so much that can be learnt from this lesson, making the administration of the team better. I look forward to the improvement.
It is a pity that admins are not happy, and many Chinese users are not happy either. But I still wish all have a good weekend, more or less.
Every time they answer the concerns that you have, you keep adding more concerns. There is no winning. You are unhappy with the situation and, let’s be honest, nothing admin says will change this.
Yea maybe make the announcement at a conspicuous place next time.Not here or at postal monitor.People may not notice that.
Also set a line that if certain percent of cards be registered. Then the suspension stopped immediately. And of course let people know the percent.
Precisely, I hope that everyone takes a look into this case before hotheadedly waving a ridiculous/unjust racist/Endlösung card here. Let me provide another example. In November 2019 (I remember correctly) the Finnish Post went into strike and no post was delivered in Finland, no domestic, no international. Because of the strike, Finland was blocked from receiving official postcrossing cards and Finnish members were also encouraged not to send any either. I don’t remember if there was any discussion about this on the forum or if there was, it went quite calmly. The strike fortunately didn’t last more than a month, so let’s hope there is light at the end of the tunnel. 
Yeah, I’m going to leave here. I’m very very disappointed this time. If the rules are complete, I won’t be so angry. I ask for proper rules, I ask for the data standard for when to stop the suspension, but someone think I am just unhappy and I ask for this concerns so I will ask more later……… so funny right. They know the rules are not comprehensive but no one wants to face up to the problem and someone just use an excuse to sugarcoat everything. Well, Goodbye everyone.
