Tasmania rolls out the red carpet

Restaurants in Australian state quick to work up an appetite for president's visit

Tasmania spared no effort in welcoming President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. Chinese flags fluttered along his motorcade route from the airport to Government House, and many restaurants in Hobart, the Australian state's capital, printed their menus in Chinese to mark the occasion.

At the airport, Xi and first lady Peng Liyuanwere greeted by primary schoolchildren chanting "hello" and "welcome" in Chinese.