Since China reformed its public holiday system in 2008 the traditional (PIC) Mid-autumn festival has become an official one day holiday. This year it fell on a Wednesday, making it awkward for anybody who has to travel to spend the day with family. So how do people manage? Well most of the country uses a system of swapping weekends for work days to ensure a few days off together. This year that meant working the following Saturday and Sunday. And it’s complicated even more because of the upcoming national holiday on October 1st. So are people happy about this system and how did they arrange the holiday? Well, that’s what we went out and asked in today’s Straight for the Street.
The days of endless presents around the Christmas tree seem a distant memory after the financial turmoil of the past 18 months, and many Americans are expected to stick to a tight budget this holiday season. In today's BON feature, we take a look at how shopping habits in the US affect manufacturers here in China.
Organizers of the Shanghai World Expo were sweating over its first weeks, and it wasn't because of the muggy summer weather.
Attendance figures weren't nearly what had been expected. Things have picked up as of late, though. More than half a million visitors crammed onto the expo grounds on June 5th, coming in at just a shade under the all time record for one day expo attendance set in Montreal in 1967.
People in line for some of the more popular pavilions—like Saudi Arabia, the UK, and the U.S.'s—have had to queue up for four or five hours for what's usually no more than a twenty minute trip through each pavilion.
By and large, countries staging expo pavilions have chosen to showcase their softer, cultural sides, and here, Iraq is no exception. Anyone expecting an education on the country's present day troubles had best look elsewhere.
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