May Day holiday starts
2008-05-01 01:07:03 Xinhua English
Visitors crowd on both sides of the Qianmen Street, a former commercial center near Tian'anmen Square in Beijing May 1, 2008. The "Mini Golden Week" starts today and lasts for three days until May 3. (Xinhua Photo)
People dance in a local park on the first day of the International Labor Day or May Day in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian province, May 1, 2008. The May Day holiday in China lasts three days, from May 1-3. (Xinhua Photo)
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The "Mini Golden Week" starts today and lasts for three days until May 3.
The new holiday scheme has shortened the Labor Golden Week to three days this year.
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