Heytea, China's fast-growing tea chain, is looking to challenge its much-bigger global rival Starbucks, both at home and abroad.
China's tea drinking market is estimated to be around 40 to 50 billion yuan ($5.81 to 7.27 billion), according to CITIC Securities. According to China Tea Marketing Association, more than 500 million consumers consumed 1.9 million tons of tea leaves in 2017. As the world's largest producer and consumer of tea, China is seeing a new trend of tea, brewed by both local and international players, looking to steal young people from the beverage's long-standing enemy - coffee.
Though binge eating is synonymous with the National Day holidays, the growing consumer preference for novelties has prompted a debate on whether China is seeing a consumption upgrade or downgrade.
Cross-border e-commerce between China and ASEAN economies is surging, as more Chinese consumers are developing a taste for exotic food that are less commonly seen on tables and an ongoing need for online shopping.
Modern technologies are breathing new life into traditional labor-intensive businesses like farm planting, with automation and real-time monitoring helping farmers to boost productivity and cut costs.
Delayed food and drink deliveries could soon be a thing of the past as autonomous delivery robots start to appear in shopping malls and office buildings, making deliveries faster, smarter and more cost-efficient.
Online food apps are changing everyday life for Zhou Huan, a 25-year-old worker from Beijing, as all her meals can be brought by deliverymen no matter where she is.
New Zealand's Nick Voke eagled No 17 on his way to a closing 5-under 66 and a two-stroke victory at the Macao Championship on Sunday, becoming the PGA Tour Series-China's first back-to-back winner since China's "Marty" Dou Zecheng achieved the feat in 2016.
Even with a string of withdrawals dulling some of tournament's luster, the appeal of the China Open for the world's elite players underlines the growth of tennis here.
Aryna Sabalenka's triumph over Anett Kontaveit in Saturday's final duel at the Premier 5 Wuhan Open not withstanding, the absence of Chinese players reminded fans that the nation still awaits a worthy successor to two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na.
The Dunhuang murals, colorful sculptures in a 3D virtual environment and the use of digital technology has helped revitalize the ancient Silk Road.
With models, designers, celebrities and entrepreneurs flocking to Puyuan's central business district, the small town of Tongxiang in Zhejiang province once again proved itself as China's "knitwear fashion capital".
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