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How to Survive the Holidays Abroad

by Jessica Marsden on November 23, 2010

This week marks the beginning of what is probably the roughest six weeks out of any expat or long-term traveler’s year: the holidays. If you’re not lucky enough to have a long vacation and the cash for a plane fare, making it through the holiday season can be an emotional challenge. This will be my [...]

Tagged as: holidays, Thanksgiving

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National Day and the Future of Chinese Tourism

by Jessica Marsden on October 1, 2010

October 1st marks the founding of “New China” back in 1949, so it’s the Chinese equivalent of the 4th of July. Except instead of a 3-day weekend for a bit of grilling and fireworks, National Day is the pretext for the longest official vacation of the year, apart from Chinese New Year. Most white-collar workers [...]

Tagged as: blogsherpa, China, holidays, National Day

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

by Jessica Marsden on October 2, 2009

Across China tomorrow, Oct. 3, families will gather to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong qiu jie, 中秋节). This traditional festival is the Chinese equivalent of Thanksgiving, with the most important celebration being a large family meal. As with the Dragon Boat Festival, there are a few different stories associated with the festival, but they all [...]

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Links round-up: Too much to read!

by Jessica Marsden on September 28, 2009

The Internets have provided an almost embarrassing bounty of China- and Asia-related travel stories and news in the past week, now rounded up here for your convenience. Don’t miss the latest on the mess that is traveling in China during the October holiday. Bound for China? Don’t go to Tibet: Tibet will be closed to [...]

Tagged as: Gansu, Hangzhou, holidays, Hong Kong, links, October 1, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Yunnan

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Coming up: The October 1st Holiday

by Jessica Marsden on September 7, 2009

The Chinese blogosphere is abuzz with news about the impending National Day holiday, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Last week, central Beijing closed down for rehearsals of the parade that will take place at Tiananmen Square. Chinese news agencies reported that the military would be celebrating the [...]

Tagged as: Beijing, Dehang, Golden Week, holidays, Langmusi, October 1, off the beaten path, Wenhai Ecolodge

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Dragon Boat Festival Tomorrow!

by Jessica Marsden on May 27, 2009

Tomorrow, May 28, is China’s Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Jie. This traditional festival, which was added to the list of official holidays just last year, commemorates the heroism of Qu Yuan, a poet and government official from the Warring States Period. According to legend, Qu Yuan was exiled for daring to criticize some of [...]

Tagged as: Dragon Boat festival, food, holidays

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