That's the point. China is the golden egg goose/chicken to cars manus from all around the world. You need to be there and attract consumers every possible way!

http://www.statista.com/statistics/2...registrations/

For sure it would be wiser to have China only after local organization proved to be 100% capable, but the pressure from top manus it's huge. Probably this extended calendar is going to be a short-lived compromise and has the advantage of avoiding a hasty decision on what current event should go away.