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Our official friends in Beijing have declared the Public Holiday Schedule for 2020. Unfortunately, this is not the year they abolish the silly "make-up" days but there are some changes. The biggest one is that Mid-Autumn Festival and October... Read more...
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Lunar Chinese New Year is over for another year. Did you have a good time? I think I did. Because comparing with what happened to some people, my holiday was near perfect. With ample free time to spend online, CNY is never without a good... Read more...
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Hey, parents! Here's a list of winter camps you can send your kids to, starting at the end of January through Chinese New Year. This includes full day dancing with Shanghai... Read more...
Drop whatever 'work' you're doing, the gov't's released next year's official holiday schedule earlier than usual. Usually the announcement comes out three weeks before the new year. Get booking! Good news; there are technically 27 days off. Bad... Read more...
Tales of triumph and defeat. Here's what our readers got up to for Chinese New Year. Read more...
Greeting, CNY survivors. So far, we've received several compelling stories of your Chinese New Year holidays -- tales of fireworks accidents and lost fingers, countryside kidnappings, love, hate, rage, and really bad behavior in the bars -- but... Read more...
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