Most Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, while Japan was shut for National Foundation Day.
Department stores and supermarkets reported that sales over the lunar new year holiday were 10-20% higher than in 2008.
In addition, the Lunar New Year holiday, which essentially shut down the country for a week in January, was a temporary brake on demand.
Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday, the number of daily visitors to the spa has risen to about 1, 700, compared with 1, 300 normally.
March is considered a key month to assess manufacturing activity as data in January and February is skewed by the Lunar New Year Holiday when many factories are shut.
However, some analysts tempered the enthusiasm, saying trade data for China is unpredictable at the beginning of the year because of the Lunar New Year holiday when many factories shut down.
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He refused to stay at the Mandarin, saying there was no need to put him up in a luxury hotel or make the staff work overtime during the Lunar New Year holiday just for his benefit.
Companies have altered ordering practices but are still closely watching China as workers return this week from the long Lunar New Year holiday, worried that fewer workers are going back to their factory jobs.
The company is one of many from the U.S. and other countries that are closely watching China as factory workers slowly return this week from the country's long Lunar New Year holiday.
Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in Chinese culture, falls on 10 February this year.
On Lunar New Year and the autumn harvest holiday Chuseok, the entire country takes part in ancestor rites.
China's biggest holiday, the Lunar New Year, began Monday.
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The Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed requests for comment on Tuesday, a public holiday in China marking the Lunar New Year.
China is on holiday all week for the Lunar New Year.
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The Lunar New Year is celebrated in many countries, most notably in China, and holiday times usually mean less physical demand.
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