Hangzhou Middle School Students Build Website: We Want Holidays

Mo Ye: On the Internet, every computer that is online has a say. Whether you are a sleepy Garfield or a dead stray cat, as long as you can type, copy and paste, and chime in with a group of people to flood the Internet with posts, you could very well be leading a democratic revolution on the Internet; for example, making the President of the United States known as Obama, rather than "Obaniu" (a play on words).

As May Day approaches, aside from daily study and work routines, the most discussed topic should be the holiday. For a group of middle school students in Hangzhou, this holiday will be unforgettable because they built a website demanding that their school give them their rightful holiday. The incident originated from a notice issued by a Hangzhou government office about the May Day holiday. According to the notice, middle school students in Hangzhou would not be entitled to the national statutory holiday, but instead, according to school regulations, they were required to attend make-up classes during the holiday.