In hindsight I should not have allowed HC to reship the order. I originally asked for a refund but they assured me that if they shipped it again it would go through "smoothly." It has been anything but smooth. The reshipment has been in limbo longer than the first one was. Chinese language China EMS tracking shows much more detailed info than the English language China EMS tracking. Below is a translation of the tracking for the first and second shipment from Chinese to English. Notice the first shipment shows returned by "security" on the 11th and it never left China. Neither shipment has ever scanned in Thailand.
First Shipment
2012-11-05 18:03:00 Xiamen International Business Courier Logistics Branch Lanshou
2012-11-05 19:05:37 Xiamen Football cast station reaches the processing center from Xiamen Branch East embrace investment Station Software Park.
2012-11-05 19:20:35 Xiamen Leave the treatment center, sent to Guangzhou
2012-11-05 19:36:00 Xiamen courier logistics branch of the International Business Department Eastern international football cast station Acceptance
2012-11-06 13:09:00 Guangzhou The arrival processing center from Xiamen
2012-11-07 02:40:00 Guangzhou Leave the treatment center, sent to Bangkok
2012-11-11 02:56:00 Guangzhou The arrival processing center from security
2012-11-11 03:16:00 Guangzhou Leave the treatment center, sent to Xiamen
2012-11-12 08:58:23 Xiamen The arrival processing center from Guangzhou
2012-11-12 10:14:03 Xiamen Leave the treatment center, destined for the domestic import
2012-11-12 10:34:10 Xiamen The arrival processing center from international import
2012-11-12 10:36:24 Xiamen Leave the treatment center, sent to the Xiamen branch of Eastern football cast Ministry
2012-11-12 13:56:00 Xiamen Branch Eastern football cast Ministry Delivery and receipt
Second Shipment
2012-11-13 17:44:00 Xiamen International Business Courier Logistics Branch Lanshou
2012-11-13 18:33:00 Xiamen courier logistics branch of the International Business Department Eastern international football cast station Acceptance
2012-11-13 19:08:17 Xiamen Football cast station reaches the processing center from Xiamen Branch East embrace investment Station Software Park.
2012-11-13 19:25:04 Xiamen Leave the treatment center, sent to Guangzhou
2012-11-14 15:26:00 Guangzhou The arrival processing center from Xiamen
2012-11-15 03:12:00 Guangzhou Leave the treatment center, sent to Bangkok
As you can see from the first shipment the departure scan that says the package was sent to Bangkok actually means it goes to Chinese outgoing customs. There is no way to know when Chinese customs releases it for onward travel or rejects it for a "security" reason and has it returned to the sender, as they did with my first shipment.