Netizens on a Chinese portal website are pushing to have the Lantern Festival, which falls on Thursday -- the equivalent of Jan. 15 on the lunar calendar -- designated as a legal holiday. ...full story at china.org.cn
from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008
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