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Tempt the tummy with these top 10 dishes

Hangzhou residents have made it easier for travelers to try the local cuisine when they visit the city. More than 1 million Hangzhou residents recently voted for the city's top 10 dishes from a...
Stir-fried starch knots（炒疙瘩）

Chao ge da, or stir-fried starch knots, is a kind of Chinese pasta. A traditional Muslim snack, it was invented almost 100 years ago.

Baiju from the movies - just for you

On the set where Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum was shot, there is a distillery. Better yet, an operative one! Just 12 paces from the distillery, there is a bar. This bar definitely sells...
How does Red Star Erguotou Liquor come from?

Red Star Erguotou is a famous traditional Chinese liquor brand known throughout the country for its “limpidity, fragrance, mellowness, purity, and long aftertaste.” The liquor is made from high...

Moganshan tea

Locals pick tea leaves at a tea plantation in Moganshan, Zhejiang province. China is the world's largest tea producing country with an output of 1.4 million tonnes and a 33 percent share of the...
Cultural thirst drives China's top tea boom

Fifteen years ago, the Lam family business picked up a consignment of aged tea from a defunct Hong Kong restaurant. Its value has since risen by a factor of 10,000, as the Lams have found...

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