At a time when many urbanites around the world are choosing to ride bicycles amidst rising awareness of the environment and physical fitness, Du Fengyan has embraced a life on two wheels more than most.
While most Chinese farmers can rest after the harvest in fall, Lu Enhua's busy season is just beginning.
Tash Aw says that for many people, China is now replacing the United States as the "promised land" to go, live and pursue their dreams.
Samanta Schweblin, one of the best young Spanish language novelists as nominated by British literary magazine Granta, has visited Beijing to promote the first Chinese edition of a collection of her short stories.
A few days ago, staff of the Beijing Metro ruffled feathers when they called some passengers "locusts". A photo posted on the subway's micro blog showed an almost vacant subway carriage littered with paper and other waste. "This is Line 10 in the trail of 'locusts'," it said, sarcastically, adding that "Beijing does not welcome those who willfully spoil its environment."
Why would a shrewd young man choose this particular restaurant to meet his future mother-in-law? Bluntly put, the restaurant offers excellent value for money, but appears high-end and extravagant - appearances bound to tickle the fancy of the widely known snobbish Shanghainese mother-in-law.
Everyone has heard of wine and food pairings, but at a recent outing, we sampled a whiskey paired with some beautiful food.
For three years running, chefs from the Grand Hyatt Taipei have visited Beijing to show off the island's cuisine, and this year they had to think harder to try to make the visit to the Chinese capital even more successful.
It is often the snapshot encounters that give us a hint of things to come. As China opens up and heads out, its hospitality industry is embracing changes every day from major evolution in management styles to smaller revolutions in service attitudes and standards.
The 19-course-dinner concept was a challenge, but the chefs passed with flying colors. Now the manager of the Kempinski hotel chain hope they can see the broader plan through to fruition and gain a market edge in China and beyond by aggressively pivoting to food and beverage in 2014.
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