Chinese security personnel keep watch on pedestrian traffic during the week-long 'Golden Week' holidays at a zebra crossing in Shanghai on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
Chinese security personnel keep watch on pedestrian traffic during the week-long 'Golden Week' holidays at a zebra crossing in Shanghai on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
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‘Golden Week’ loses its lustre amid the traffic chaos

Mandatory mainland week-long breaks have turned to mayhem and it’s about time people took their holidays when they like, not when they are told to

SCMP Editorial
SCMP Editorial

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Chinese security personnel keep watch on pedestrian traffic during the week-long 'Golden Week' holidays at a zebra crossing in Shanghai on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
Chinese security personnel keep watch on pedestrian traffic during the week-long 'Golden Week' holidays at a zebra crossing in Shanghai on October 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
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