China's revised 2014 holiday schedule sparks public ire


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Dec 2013

People are silhouetted on an illuminated installation celebrating Chinese Lunar New year at a shopping district in Beijing February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has designated the eve of Lunar New Year as a working day in 2014, triggering an outcry over the disruption of plans to celebrate the year's most important traditional holiday.

Each year in mid-December, the government announces public holidays for the following year.

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