The prime minister, Wen Jiabao, delayed an overseas trip and the president, Hu Jintao, cut short a trip of his own to fly to the disaster area and be photographed with grieving Tibetans.
Twenty-three stares allowingwing voting by fax to avoid mail delays overseas, but there remain potential snags with this method as well.
Apple says it has had to delay the overseas introduction of the iPad, on account of the feverish demand.
Whether about his country's fraught presidential election ("It's going to be tough for both parties") or his cement company's long-delayed overseas listing ("Maybe next year"), he has little to say.
My father served with the Army Quartermaster Corps, and because of a bunch of snafus was delayed in being assigned overseas.
One of the most controversial proposals would delay deductions against overseas profits until those profits are brought back to the United States.
The process could be delayed by absentee ballots from overseas that, by law, may arrive as late as Nov. 17.
Flagging overseas demand and the delayed effects of measures aimed at cooling inflation and a red-hot property market had caused China to lose steam this year.
But the organisation has recently been hit by a series of problems, including a fault that meant payments have been delayed to civil service pensioners living overseas.
The arrival of the club's 2014 overseas player has been delayed by visa issues.
