LTL Mandarin School will be closed in 2013 on the following dates in accordance with the schedule of Chinese Public Holidays:

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	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">January 1st, 2013 – International New Year</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">February 11th – 13th 2013 – Chinese New Year</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">April 4th 2013 – Qing Ming Jie</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">May 1st 2013 – Labour Day</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">June 12th 2013 – Dragon Boat Festival</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">September 19th 2013 – Mid-Autumn Festival</span></li>
	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">October 1st – 3rd – National Holiday</span></li>
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Classes that fall on a holiday will be made up for either on either the Saturday before or after the holiday or on the holiday itself so<strong> always all classes you paid for are offered</strong>. You will <strong>never</strong> lose classes due to a holiday. Please ask your teacher for the exact schedule.

For the following dates in 2013, classes will be <strong>moved from a working day to a weekend</strong>:

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	<li>Thursday, February 14th and Friday February 15th are moved to Saturday February 16th and Sunday February 17th</li>
	<li>Friday, October 4th and Monday October 7th are moved to Saturday September 28th and Sunday 29th</li>
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Please make sure you adjust your arrival times accordingly! If there are any questions, we are more than happy to explain, just drop us an email. [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button][hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]

<span style="font-size: large;">Why it works this way</span>

Because Chinese holidays follow a lunar calendar, the dates can change from year to year. In an attempt to create consecutive days of holiday time for people to travel to their hometowns, workers in China are often required to substitute a weekend day for a mid-week working day. In this way, you still get the same number of working days and holidays, but the holidays are blocked together.

<em>It’s important to note that this day-swapping is applied differently by various companies and government offices. in China. For interns, please make sure you check with your company how they adjust their working times.</em>

At LTL, we believe the work day substitution makes sense when it creates a weeklong holiday. This gives our staff and students the chance to spend the time necessary to take a proper trip. However, it doesn’t make sense to schedule classes the Saturday and Sunday before Qingming Festival in order to create what would only be a 3-day holiday from Monday-Wednesday.

So, for Chinese New Year and National Day, LTL will follow the official Chinese government system for swapping working days for weekend days. For all other holidays, we will only close on the day of the holiday.

You can find the official explanation in Chinese <a href="http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2012-12/10/content_2286598.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.