Beijing designates new holiday to mark 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s return
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Move over, Halloween – there's a new October holiday in town.
On October 24, the legislature (NPCSC) passed a bill making October 25 "Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration."
History lesson: In 1945, Japan – which occupied Taiwan in 1895 – ceded the island to China’s Nationalist Government follow...