From Danwei:
Shanghai Morning Post reported earlier this week that an office worker in Shanghai resigned from her job so that she could return home for the Spring Festival. In an op-ed for the Mirror, Tang Ziwen, a program host with China Radio, writes about the choice workers face when they find themselves far from home as traditional holidays approach.
…According to a report in Shanghai Morning Post, Zhang Lei, a young woman from Harbin working in Shanghai, quit her job so that she could return home to spend the New Year with her parents….
…Zhang Lei had no other recourse, for her company only gave five days of vacation for the Spring Festival. Newly married, she had to visit two sets of parents in different cities, so “even taking a plane would require at least three days travel time.”…[Full Text]
