In a banquet room with a view of West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a chef revealed to me a source of inspiration as legendary as the scenery outside the windows: the celebrated poet and gourmet Yuan Mei, who wrote Suiyuan Shidan (Recipes from the Garden of Contentment), the seminal manual of Chinese gastronomy published in 1792.
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on June 13.
Walking through the office corridors the other day, I spotted a series of posters extolling the need for energy conservation, waste prevention and water conservation.
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
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