Gong Bo, a customer manager with the Bank of China in Shanghai said he was even more exhausted after the "long rest," and eating too much meat over the holiday had only made the situation worse.

来自上海的龚博（音译）是中国银行的一名客户经理，他表示“长假休息”过后自己甚至感觉更疲惫，而假期时油水太多也使情况变得更糟。

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Officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry and at the North Korean embassy in Beijing could not be reached because of a holiday in China.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

This week is a school holiday in China, but the children were called in to make up for time lost as a result of earthquakes last month.

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The Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed requests for comment on Tuesday, a public holiday in China marking the Lunar New Year.

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However, some observers also caution that a three-day holiday in China next week could at least temporarily curb some of the global buying.

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