Sources: Xinhua (Lhassa) and China public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chinese government has announced that it plans to declare a one-off public holiday, "Serf Liberation Day", on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Tibetan rebellion of 1959.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
China Announces March 10th Public Holiday
Sources: Xinhua (Lhassa) and China public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chinese government has announced that it plans to declare a one-off public holiday, "Serf Liberation Day", on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Tibetan rebellion of 1959.