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Tag: Public holidays

Posted inBeijing, China

Take leave, spend, Beijing tells working class

by Frank Chen December 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese policymakers may have found a new way to fire up the nation’s economy, which has been losing steam this year – ask the studious working class to take more leave. With disappointing economic data in the first three quarters causing jitters among cadres and observers, and with the nation’s gross domestic product expanding at […]

Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong. Photo: Asia Times
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Domestic workers in HK could enjoy long weekends in 2019

by Asia Times staff October 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Mahatma Gandhi's 388km Salt March in 1930 was in protest against the British Imperial monopoly on the must-have mineral. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

India’s peculiar birthday honor to Mahatma Gandhi

by Raja Murthy October 2, 2017
The Legislative Yuan or legislature in Taipei's Zhongzheng district. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Taiwan

Taiwan workers say 7 public holidays should be restored

by Asia Times staff September 27, 2017February 18, 2020

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