Holidays and Observances:
8: China’s Journalists Day.
9: National Day for Fire Safety Education.
11: International Week of Science and Peace, which takes place each year during the week in which November 11 falls.
14: World Diabetes Day
17: International University Students Day
17: New Year Festival of Qiang ethnic minority, celebrated on the 1st of the 10th lunar month. The Qiang, who primarily live in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, offer sacrifices to their ancestors and deities, sending New Year greetings, and enjoy various forms of entertainment.
20: November Universal Children's Day
The United Nation General Assembly recommended in 1954 that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world's children. The date of 20 November marks the day in which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On 17 December 1999 the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, designated to raise public awareness of the problem. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. The date came from the brutal 1961 assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo.
26: Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
26: Double Happiness Day, observed by Zhuang people in western Guangxi on the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, and considered an auspicious day for weddings.
Harvest Festival observed by the Paiwan tribe of the Gaoshan ethnic group in Taiwan on a lucky day after the autumn harvest in the 10th lunar month. Each community follows its leader in worshipping Heaven, Earth, deities and ancestors followed by feasting and entertainment. Competitions such as races, tug-of-war, wrestling and archery are also held.
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