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5/17/2015

Topic Reading-Vol.1131-5/17/2015

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
China announces holiday for V-Day celebration
Does 70th mean a lot to China and Russia? The leaders of the two recently-aggressive nations in terms of territory jointly celebrated the 70th anniversary of VE day on May 8th in Moscow in a greater scale than ever before with a massive military show off parade.
Now China is going to commemorate the 70th VJ day with the first time ever military parade along with a three-day national holiday that was suddenly announced only less than a four-month time. The state announcement said that September 3 will be a national holiday this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, or more importantly, the allied victory over Japan. And workers will get three days off from September 3 to September 5 (Thursday-Saturday) but they’ll have to work on Sunday, September 6 to make up.
In today’s digital era, paper calendar may not mean much any longer. However, such a sudden announcement of public holidays must make confusions and destructions to many businesses. Or are they get used to such order from the government (party)?
More importantly, why all of a sudden such an aggressive anti-Japan campaign is going to be held? Do they need to bring public attention to something off the slowing-down economy?
Enjoy reading and guessing why 70th anniversary has become such a big deal.


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