This Day, That Year

Item from Nov 2, 1990, in China Daily: Workers at the Nantaipingzhuang vegetable shop in Beijing's Haidian district unload cabbages yesterday, signaling one of the first few days for the vegetable to enter the capital's market in large quantities - and the start of winter.

Wheelbarrows, tricycles and even baby carriages heavily laden with cabbages could be seen everywhere on the city's lanes and boulevards ...

Young people may have lost their taste for cabbages, but the old Beijingers still have a special liking for this winter vegetable, and feel unprepared for the season if they do not have 200 to 300 kilograms of the vegetable stored in their courtyards or balconies.