March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday focusing on gender equality, the rights of working women, reproductive rights, and the reduction of violence against women, among other issues. This year’s United...
May Day was conceived as a celebration of the eight-hour work day by a coalition of socialists and labor activists in fin de siècle Europe. Over a century later, Shenzhen’s Communist Party Committee commemorated May Day by...
The Chinese government has designated September 30th as a national Martyrs’ Day to...
As the Chinese New Year (January 31) quickly approaches, an expected 3.6 billion trips will be...
With the Year of the Snake reaching its tail end, China has now officially...
Heavy smog descended over northern China last weekend, trapping hundreds of thousands of...
Beginning each year around the anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the 7-day national holiday...
CDT previously reported on China’s super rich still going all out with their Golden Week travel plans. The Wall Street Journal reports Golden Week hordes may be a good sign for the economy: A total of 34.2 million tourists...
After weeks of sometimes fierce debate online, the Chinese government has finally decided to go ahead with reforms of the national holiday system. From the Associated Press: Under the changes, which start next year, the weeklong May Day vacation will be replaced by three traditional, one-day holidays: grave-sweeping day, the dragon boat festival and the […]
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