A wooly mammoth hides underneath the world's longest outdoor escalator, amid the flashing lights, art galleries and cocktail bars of Hollywood Road in Hong Kong's Central district.
After shipping various rail vehicles to the global market for 17 years, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co is pulling out all stops to offer localized services, manufacturing and maintenance facilities in Southeast Asia's growing rail transit market.
Don't be surprised if the next time you buy a Japanese product, you discover that instead of "made in China", the label says "made in Thailand" or "made in Indonesia".
Exhaust fumes and the heavy scent of bitumen warming under the tropical sun waft through the open windows of the taxi.
A Chinese tourist visiting Pakistan's attractions tends to get the superstar treatment, constantly being stopped and asked for "one photo please".
Cross-culture commentators share a view that Westerners find the 5,000-year-old Chinese culture hard to understand and that misunderstandings have escalated year by year.
Dennis Law retired from a career as a renowned surgeon in Denver, Colorado in 2001. He started his entertainment career with the film Warriors of Virtue. In China he also produced a prize-winning CCTV children's film, Xiwa, as well as the acclaimed TV series, April Rhapsody.
"Always spectacular, sometimes thrilling, occasionally awkwardthe juxtaposition of Asian and Caucasian traditions of theatrical movement, music and martial arts that we see in Terracotta Warriors is a fascinating and illuminating metaphor for both the temporary displacement and the marvelous potential of the emerging multicultural nature of this city and this country. It leaves a legacy of pleasure and provocation that proves that cultural differences need be no barrier to inter-cultural sharing."
Witnessing a first occurrence of anything in human history is rare and for something to happen first in Beijing is also a feat that is hard to fathom.
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