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    9 months ago

    Postal services have agreements about delivering mail for each other. Some countries mail services, like China for example, heavily subsidize shipping.

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      9 months ago

      It is not China that subsidizes the shipping - we are who does that. Because China is a developing country. And they make sure as hell that it stays that way for exactly such reasons, while also trying to look like a world leading nation.