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'Golden Week' to be shortened
Majority support China's plan to increase holidays, despite loss of golden week
China's plan to overhaul the national holiday system has won majority support in an online government poll that ends at midnight Thursday, but many are unhappy that they will have to lose a "Golden Week" in the reforms.
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