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Fancy veggie market

The most luxurious vegetable market in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, was recently established in the Daijiaxiang Street community.

With an investment of 5 million yuan, the market, with a total area of 2,700 sq m, looks like a high-end department store.

Passing the main entrance, customers can see a digital screen where they can click a mouse to search sellers and goods information, as well as information about discounts and promotions.

Young entrepreneur

A junior student at an art college in Sichuan Province is hiring his senior peers at the school to work for his comic and animation studio.

Wang Xiaoping set up the studio to design and produce ads for local TV stations. He has received many applications from senior students at the college looking for jobs when they graduate next year.

Giant bean curd

"Is it real?" Many residents wondered as they marveled at a super-sized bean curd when it was displayed at an agricultural products fair held in Hunan Province on Wednesday.

The bean curd, weighing 650 kgs, is 2.6 meters long, 1.3 meters wide and 0.2 meters high. Its manufacturer, Huabao food company, said it was made from about 500 kg of beans and can feed 1,000 people.

The company said it produced the giant bean curd to promote its brand and increase awareness about the largest bean-related food manufacturing base in the province.

Hanging cottages

The Tujia ethnic minority group living in the southwestern region boasts a distinct architectural style - hanging cottages built on hillsides and supported by pillars.

A Tujia cottage was recently sold for 90,000 yuan at an auction in the Xiangxi Tujia Autonomous Perfecture in Hunan Province, from a starting price of just 9 yuan.

Zhou, who bought the cottage, said she plans to turn it into a museum for organic food.

(China Daily 11/28/2007 page15)