Golden weeks or silver days?

摘要

It may be ruled by the Communist Party, but China has never quite qualified as a workers' paradise. Hundreds of millions of Chinese toil for long hours at low wages, often in dirty and dangerous conditions. Independent labour unions do not exist. But since 1999 working life in China has had one big compensation: a trio of weeklong holidays. Each year-on the May 1st Labour Day, October 1st National Day, and Lunar New Year-most Chinese workers enjoy a "Golden Week" away from the job, though they have to make up for it by working the previous weekend.