They've peered from the Empire State Building, admired masterpieces at the Louvre and relaxed at the hot springs near Mount Fuji. Now Chinese tourists are tackling the next thing on their must-do lists: world-class marathons.
Seven years ago, Martin Dabilly saw an opportunity and took it, growing raspberries in Kunming with the help and expertise of his family, Chen Liang and Li Yingqing report
Martin Dabilly says that raspberries he grows at his family-run Meiming Raspberry Farm in Songming county are safe to eat without washing, but he refuses to promote his fruits as organic.
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.
Chinese women have been quick to appreciate the one-of-a-kind elegance of Italian fashion house Giada, Sun Yuanqing reports.
That's the message behind World Baijiu Day, as a Beijing blogger tries to cut through global misperceptions about the world's most-consumed spirit. Mike Peters reports.
Said to be the only baijiu made entirely in the United States, Vinn Baijiu is made from brown rice in Portland, Oregon. The family patriarch, Phan Ly, brought his seven-generation-old recipe to the US when he moved his ethnically Chinese family from Vietnam in 1979. "Vinn" is the common middle name of his five children, who now run the business and produce mijiu (rice liquor), baijiu and vodka that's sold in the US Pacific Northwest. His daughter Michelle Ly talks about what it takes to sell baijiu in America.
Some of my friends who often join me for dinner would not care for the Trattoria Valmarana.
We can't guarantee the new tuna plate at Element Fresh will help you win the French Open - or even improve your backhand. But China's retired but still favorite tennis ace, Li Na, has teamed up with the restaurant to promote healthy eating, saying: "I love fresh food, the source of vitality." Her new favorite, according to a new menu of five items she's endorsing, is Fire and Ice Tuna: spicy ahi tuna grilled medium-rare, with tangy chilled greens, cucumber, jicama and a wasabi vinaigrette. On the side: kombu potato salad with shiso and sesame. Price for the plate: 128 yuan at Element Fresh outlets around China.
A Russian teaches Chinese the art of oil painting. Yang Yang reports in Hunan province.
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