Golden Week

The Chinese "Golden Week" refers either of the two week-long holidays around National Day on October 1, and the lunar calendar Spring Festival which usually falls in January or February of each year. Tens of millions of Chinese traval by air, train and road to family reunions, vacations or shopping centres during these holidays.  

12 Oct 2012

Anhui

Five die in mine

10 Oct 2012

BEIJING

Revellers' rubbish

10 Oct 2012

Disappointing sales over the "golden week" holiday may put pressure on landlords of street-level shops in core shopping districts to further reduce rents, some market analysts say.

9 Oct 2012

Shares of retailers, especially gold and jewellery sellers, fell yesterday, the first day after the "golden week" holiday on the mainland, amid concerns that retail sales during the period had...

9 Oct 2012

As millions of mainlanders returned to work yesterday after an eight-day holiday, the debate over whether to scrap such "golden weeks" is raging on the mainland, with some holidaymakers recalling...

Retail sales of consumer goods rose 15 per cent to 800.6 billion yuan (HK$980.17 billion) on the mainland during the eight-day "golden week" holiday that ended yesterday, surpassing industry...

The mainland's "golden week" holidays were sold by authorities as being about taking a break, relaxing and having fun. But as in the past, the government-mandated eight-day vacation for the Mid-...

The number of tourists at 119 major scenic spots across the country rose by 21 per cent during the eight-day "golden week" holiday, compared with the same period last year, the National Tourism...

Mainlanders like to compare being caught in throngs of people, all jostling to get through a crowded place, to making their favourite dish - boiling dumplings in hot water.

Frank Hsieh wraps up historic mainland visit

Transport authorities and traffic police went on high alert yesterday in anticipation of yet another traffic crunch as tens of millions of travellers returned home at the close of the eight-day...

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