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Steamed buns hit the headlines

Updated: 2014-01-16 14:15 (chinadaily.com.cn)

Editor's note: Baozi, or steamed buns, is a popular Chinese delicacy mostly eaten for breakfast. Even though they appear to be unassuming, some Baozi brands have made the headlines recently.

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Biden and his entourage ordered five bowls of Beijing noodles with soybean paste, 10 steamed buns, smashed cucumber salad, mountain yam salad, shredded potatoes and Coca-Cola. The owners have dubbed it the 'Biden Set' and is now available on the menu for 79 yuan ($12.37).>>>

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A hotpot restaurant in Chengdu gains popularity recently after British Prime Minister David Cameron had a dinner there on Dec 4 during his tour in China.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev sipped Maofeng tea from the Yellow Mountains during his visit to Hefei, East China's Anhui province in October 2013.

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