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A celebration of all the tea in China 7 May 2012 | 09:49 pm
The spring tea harvest is well under way. There are some places to pick fresh tea on scenic plantations and many teahouses in the city where you can savor cha. Chen Ye reports. The first thing Li She...
Chinese tourists rank as top spenders in Japan 3 May 2012 | 09:03 pm
TOKYO, May 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese tourists have spent an estimated 196.4 billion yen (about 2.43 billion U.S. dollars) in Japan in 2011, accounting for almost a quarter of the total spending by foreign ...
Pesticide standards ‘reasonable’, expert says 2 May 2012 | 09:45 pm
China’s standards for pesticide residue on tea products are reasonable and unlikely to change in the near future, a senior expert has said. The remarks by Wang Jianhua, an expert on pesticide residue...
Officials say Chinese tea products safe 29 Apr 2012 | 09:43 pm
BEIJING – Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture have said that China’stea products have a high safety level overall and the country’s regulationson pesticide residue levels are in line with inter...
Taiwan opened to more tourists 28 Apr 2012 | 09:53 pm
A new travel policy will begin on Saturday to allow residents of six mainland cities – Chongqing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Chengdu – to visit Taiwan individually, not as part of tour ...
Top Chinese travel agency’s profits up 67 pct 26 Apr 2012 | 09:52 pm
China International Travel Service Ltd., the country’s largest travel agency, said Thursday its net profits jumped 67.18% year-on-year to 684.9 million yuan (108.83 million U.S. dollars) in 2011. Th...
Unilever tea bags China’s latest food scare 25 Apr 2012 | 09:22 pm
Fears over food safety in China don’t have much chance of receding anytime soon, as tea bags become the latest scare. The latest scandal popped up on Tuesday, when Greenpeace, an environmental protec...
Lipton tea products safe despite pesticide claim 25 Apr 2012 | 08:21 pm
Unilever answered allegations that a banned pesticide was found in Lipton tea, saying on Tuesday that all of its products are safe. "Unilever China has always upheld high quality standards and the pr...
Forbidden City to open new area to visitors 20 Apr 2012 | 08:28 pm
The Palace Museum in the heart of Beijing, more popularly known as the Forbidden City, will open its Huangji Palace to the public before the May Day holiday, the museum said Friday. Huangji Palace, b...
Weizhou island, the hidden beach escape 18 Apr 2012 | 08:33 pm
Weizhou Island, located in Beihai city in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is China’s largest albeit youngest volcanic island. The island faces Hainan island to the north, but it is not as well known...
