11 h. ago Chinese restaurant group Jiumaojiu counting on international performance as domestic slump continues

Chinese restaurant group Jiumaojiu counting on international performance as domestic slump continues  SeafoodSource

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4 d. ago I grew up in my family’s Chinese restaurant in Charlotte. Here’s where I actually eat.

I grew up in my family’s Chinese restaurant in Charlotte. Here’s where I actually eat.  Charlotte Observer

Society

4 d. ago Japan’s ‘house of cards’: Ishiba clings to power as hawks demand LDP election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is presiding over a political “house of cards” that analysts say is looking more shaky every day, as he continues to resist growing calls from within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to step down. This week, the chorus demanding Ishiba’s resignation grew louder after the LDP released an internal report examining its dismal performance in July’s Upper House election. The party lost 18 seats, leaving it short of a parliamentary majority even with its...

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1 week ago Beijing Restaurant joins the ranks of SLC's best Chinese eateries

Beijing Restaurant joins the ranks of SLC's best Chinese eateries  Axios

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1 week ago Chinese Student's Debut "Arangetram†(Bharatanatyam) Performance In Beijing Wows The Internet

Chinese Student's Debut "Arangetram†(Bharatanatyam) Performance In Beijing Wows The Internet  NDTV

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2 w. ago Hong Kong teahouses cherish their dim sum trolleys, but how long can they last?

As a cloud of steam billows from the kitchen of Hoi Lin Restaurant, Chung King-pui, 56, places a large bamboo steamer stacked with colourful and fragrant dim sum on her silver trolley. “Pretty girls and boys, har gow and siu mai are out!” Chung, who has worked as a waiter in the traditional Chinese teahouse for 13 years, shouts as she pushes the trolley around the tables. Dim sum trolleys are a decades-old tradition and hallmark at Chinese restaurants where servers move around with carts laden...

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3 w. ago How Chinese investors quietly transformed Athens – one visa at a time

China has changed the Greek capital in both visible and less obvious ways. On the one hand, authentic Chinese restaurants – from spicy hotpot to Cantonese cha chaan teng – have sprung up in central Athens, where many patrons speak the northeastern Chinese dialect and work for China Ocean Shipping Company, an industry giant managing Europe’s fifth-largest port. On the more discreet side, Chinese buyers have snapped up thousands of flats in a rush to apply for the Greek investor residency scheme,...

Economics

4 w. ago Malaysia’s plan to take on ticket touts music to concertgoers’ ears

Malaysian lawmakers are seeking to criminalise ticket “scalping” for big-name concerts, which has seen an eye-watering US$940 quoted per ticket for a coming My Chemical Romance gig. Scalping – or hoarding limited tickets only to resell them at exorbitant prices as demand spikes – has long plagued Malaysian music lovers hungry for live performances by the few international artists that add Kuala Lumpur to their tours. Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said the government was aware of...

Culture

4 w. ago Malaysia’s plan to take on ticket touts is music to concertgoers’ ears

Malaysian lawmakers are seeking to criminalise ticket “scalping” for big-name concerts, which has seen an eye-watering US$940 quoted per ticket for a coming My Chemical Romance gig. Scalping – or hoarding limited tickets only to resell them at exorbitant prices as demand spikes – has long plagued Malaysian music lovers hungry for live performances by the few international artists that add Kuala Lumpur to their tours. Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said the government was aware of...

Culture

4 w. ago How Hong Kong firms are tapping the rising global demand for halal food products

Hong Kong food producers are capitalising on the growing demand for halal cuisine, with some firms developing certified pre-packed products for tourists in the city and Chinese restaurants in the Middle East. Some industry insiders told the Post recently that the current number of halal-certified restaurants was still falling short of meeting local demand. “We have seen a rapid growth in halal certification applications in recent years,” Leo Yuen Chung-on, the founding chairman of the Hong Kong...

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