The Chinese are turning to environmentally friendlier ways to remember their loved ones during the Qingming Festival, according to Xinhua:
Cleaner, greener Qingming on the horizon?
Hire a professional mourner to grieve in your place this Tomb Sweeping Day
A budding company is now offering to mourn your dead ancestors this Tomb Sweeping Day if you either can't attend or just need some extra tears on site to show you know how to appear like you really care.
China's working weekends for 2008
Following up on yesterday's post about China's new holiday lineup for 2008, we now have the official official list of dates, so now everyone knows what Saturdays and Sundays they might be asked to work (and that nonsense starts soon). Here we go:
Have you made your May holiday plans yet?
Well, then: Oops. What last month we said was going to happen, this month was made official. China has scrapped May holiday, one of its three Golden Weeks, and turned three traditional festivals into national holidays. Here's how your official 2008 Chinese holiday schedule now looks:

