I have a little trouble keeping up with the holidays here. You see, China has been fussing with their federal-holiday calendar over the last few years, so sometimes it's hard to know what's new, what's old, and what's going on. (If anyone can understand what this article is saying about weekends and consecutive days off, let me know.)
What I do know is that I just had a four-day weekend in celebration of International Labour Day (communism, w00t!). Of course, in at least the recent past, this used to warrant a full seven days off, so some people may view a mere two extra days as a disappointment. And as is usual here during holidays, people who have the day off either go shopping or travel, so for everyone who was still laboring (i.e., transport workers and store clerks), I'm sure Labour Day was fantastic.
I also know that these banners appeared everywhere on May 1st. (What do they do, put them up overnight? That's a lot of streets to cover.) Now I'm curious to see when they come down.
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