why... if you realize, and as kitty has been pointing out.. what we have here are two different standards for doing business.. if any of you have ever done business in China... one thing you will know is that Chinese are extreme believers of not doing certain things on certain days.... well the month of august has a huge two week period in which Chinese do not do anything... this is the weeks before ghost festival: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival
hmmm.. now when you look at the Chinese calendar.. guess when are the next auspicious days in august after the ghost festival which is on the 24th of August http://daysuntil.com/Ghost-Festival/index.html