THE CHINESE CALENDAR
ADOPTION OF WESTERN METHOD PEOPLE DIFFICULT TO WEAN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, January 28. The Government is determined to abolish the Chinese lunar new year, which is duo next month, and establish the Western calendar, but the people are difficult to wean from a cen-turies-old system, and continue daily and seasonal reckonings by moon cycles. The introduction of modern motor transportation is also upsetting the rickshaw men, who are striking against buses at various places.
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Evening Star, Issue 21632, 30 January 1934, Page 9
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