By Robert Parkinson, CEO and Founder of RMG Selection Expats starting work in China are often surprised by how “complicated” Chinese public holidays are. When I first started working in Beijing in 2005, I was quite impressed by the number of public holidays Chinese workers had in February, May and October. Back in UK, people only get 10 days off in total for public holidays. So at first blush, a lot of expats might be inclined to envy how many days Chinese workers seem to have off. I soon discovered that these seemingly long holidays are actually exchanged with weekends. In 2007, the number of public holidays was ramped up another notch, as traditional festivals like Tomb Sweeping Day, […]