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Young bartenders shaking up China's maturing cocktail scene

[2015-04-18 09:24]

The China final of the Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition was held recently at Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Foreign spirits producers eyeing middle class

[2015-04-18 08:49]

As the anti-corruption campaign and austerity policies continue in China, sales of imported spirits are slumping. However, Western spirits producers remain optimistic about the future of the market.

Is the market for spirits in China bottled up? Or growing up?

[2015-04-18 08:42]

The nation's ongoing austerity and anti-graft campaign has taken a bite out of the sale of luxury liquors, but a middle class surging in size and with an increasingly mature palate is developing a taste for spirits.

Beihai: Historic part of departure

[2015-04-11 08:18]

Beihai of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is largely visited by people for the pleasant climate and the reputed "silver beach", which boasts fine, smooth sand glittering with silver light.

A turbulent adventure on the South China sea

[2015-04-11 08:18]

After I threw up everything I had eaten for dinner for the second time, I wondered whether I could complete the rest of my voyage aboard the Beibu Gulf Star.

The old maritime trail

[2015-04-11 08:18]

On a cruise from China to parts in Vietnam and Malaysia.

High-speed rail: Trains connect China

[2015-04-04 08:41]

With the growing popularity and development of high-speed rail in China, traveling around the country has become easier for tourists who want to spend less time on trains and more at their destinations.

Keeping quiet in Oman

[2015-03-28 07:52]

Before I flew to Muscat, capital city of Oman, it had been most commonly described to me as "quiet".

Shifting sands

[2015-03-28 07:52]

Growing numbers of Chinese tourists are visiting Egypt, keen to see the country's ancient wonders despite the recent political unrest.

A Night To Remember

[2015-03-21 07:33]

In the days leading up to Valentine's Day, Li Xiaolan's phone was ringing off the hook. Li is the general manager of Anyway Boutique Hotel - otherwise known as the "love hotel" - in Hefei, capital of Anhui province.

Boutique hotel blends private and public space

[2015-03-21 07:33]

Situated on the South Bund in Shanghai, the boutique hotel Waterhouse blends private and public space, while giving visitors a view of the Pudong skyline.

A refuge-and kingdom-where little people rule

[2015-03-21 07:33]

Dynastic warriors with fluttering capes bebop among "butterfly princesses" with frilly-white dresses and gauzy-pink wings.

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