First-time visitors to China recently might be forgiven for thinking they'd landed somewhere else by mistake, somewhere like Monte Carlo or Saratoga, New York. As the summer heat broke, the Beijing calendar was suddenly chock-full of polo, with a string of September tournaments in the capital and a five-day international meet in Tianjin during October's National Day holiday week.
Ed Olver is helping introduce the sport of polo to China's affluent consumers.
Planning to go to a polo match? Here are some terms to help keep up your end of the conversation:
Step into the lobby of the Kempinski Hotel Guiyang at noon and you will find the place already filled with people checking in or enjoying their beverage and chatting with others at the lounge bar.
The world's largest waste incinerator will start running at full speed next month after one year's trial run. The incinerator in Beijing's western suburb can process 3,000 tons of household garbage a day, that is, one-sixth of the daily domestic waste generated in the city.
If you are sitting by the window as a train approaches a city, you cannot miss the landfills flying past. Landfills, in most cases, signal the arrival of a major station.
How many times have you accidently dropped your mobile phone on the ground? If you find your hands are too slippery to hold on to the phone, buying a protective case for your gadget might be a good idea.
Third-party smartphone case makers may find the going tough as more companies contemplate independent manufacture of stylish, changeable cases, experts said.
A battle is about to commence on Oct 16 at the back lobby in K11, one of Shanghai's recent shopping mall and office developments, a battle not fought with guns and rifles but with Scottish salmon and egg mayonnaise.
Chinese consumers have become more concerned about healthy lifestyles and eating habits, which also drives the market to shift to those more natural and healthier food products, according to a report by the United Kingdom-based research firm Mintel Group Ltd.
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