A little slice of France in China

On the way to Martin Dabilly's Meiming Raspberry Farm, Zhu Zhongyuan got lost on a single-street town about 10 kilometers from the county town of Songming, which is 51 km northeast of Kunming in Yunnan province.

From the street, there are several narrow side roads winding into the countryside. The official with the county's publicity department, even though he had been to the farm two or three times, couldn't remember which was the right road. "I remember there is a big TV advertisement painted on the wall at the entrance of the road," he murmured while driving.

Fortunately everyone who looked like a local seemed to know how to find the Frenchman's farm. Five minutes later, Zhu drove onto Meiming's patio paved with granite.