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2021-05-31T23:09:22Z

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By Colin Qian and Thomas Peter BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - It was freezing and the streets were slick as substitute driver Liu Pengfei bade farewell to his mother, wife and son before riding into Beijing on his tiny scooter. Liu, 33, and his fellow drivers make their living getting drunk people safely home. And with Beijing urging restaurants, entertainment venues and public transportation to extend hours in a bid to boost consumption, Liu's clients on DiDi Chuxing, China's biggest [http://www.blogher.com/search/apachesolr_search/ride-hailing%20service ride-hailing service] platform, have multiplied. "My orders after midnight have grown a lot, and a third more of my customers are asking me to drive them to the next entertainment spot instead of going home," Liu said. "(Our) business makes the most money in the later half of the night." His rates triple after midnight. The high payoff has lured Liu to travel 20km (12 miles) from his home in nearby Hebei province daily. He earned 12,000 yuan ($1,742) a month on average last year. In some months, he raked in nearly 19,000 yuan, more than two times the average Beijing salary. He and other drivers hang around night spots - less than 100 metres (100 yards) away, 12 men at a table were gorging on meat and downing beer - and when hired, use their clients' own cars to drive them home. The drivers check their phones as they wait, ready for their first customer of the night to contact them through a mobile app. It is too soon to say whether extending opening hours of malls, creating food streets, and putting on late-night cultural performances will boost China's consumption, with the economy still languishing at near 30-year lows. But on-demand drivers seem to be one early beneficiary. Data from DiDi shows night-time orders for drivers increased 20% in Beijing's central business district last year compared with a year earlier. In other cities like Dongguan, Changsha and Zhengzhou, orders jumped even more, as much as 50%. Liu said he sees his business as promising, and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] plans to stick with it for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] the next few years. But, inevitably, family life suffers. "Some weekends, my son would hug my leg when I leave, crying and asking me to play with him," Liu said. ($1 = 6.8883 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Colin Qian and Thomas Peter. Editing by Gerry Doyle)

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2021-05-31T20:19:45Z

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Brief Introduction Located in northwest Hunan Province and covering an area of 369 square kilometers, the Wulingyuan Scenic Area comprises the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie City, the Suoxiyu Nature Reserve in Cili County, the Tianzi Nature Reserve and the Yangjia-jie Scenic Area in Sangzhi County. It is famous for its "five wonders", namely queer peaks, tranquil valleys, elegant rivers, deep forests and ancient karst caves. It is ranked as a national AAAAA tourist area. Wulingyuan features some 3,000 towering sandstone pillars and peaks, 243 of which are more than 1,000 meters high and most are over 200 meters high. Of these, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] the Imperial Pen Peak, in excess of 100 meters above sea level, has several parallel apexes of different heights. It is regarded as being the best representative of the peaks at Wulingyuan. There are 32 streams, each with a length of at least 2,000 meters, in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, and the Gold Whip Stream and the Suoxi River both run through it. The Gold Whip Stream was formed naturally and gets its name because it passes by the Gold Whip Rock. It extends 5,700 meters through the steep cliffs and queerly-shaped peaks. With limpid water and luxuriant vegetation around, it has been recognized as one of the most beautiful waterways of Zhangjiajie. Meanwhile, Wulingyuan boasts large numbers of karst caves. The well-known Yellow Dragon Cave has a ground area of 100,000 square meters, is 7.5 kilometers long, and has a vertical height of 140 meters. It is rare among the world's karst caves in terms of the scale, number and shape of its stalactites. Transport The Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport, about five kilometers away from the downtown, has opened flight routes to over 20 cities. However, with the exception of Shanghai, Beijing,Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha, these services are not available on a daily basis and are often subject to changes, so tourists should refer to the flight numbers as displayed on the computer of the local booking offices. Through the Shimenxian-Changsha Railway and the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Zhangjiajie is linked with over 10 large and medium-sized cities by train. In the scenic area itself, environmentally-friendly buses shuttle passengers between any two of the scenic spots. Mini-buses travel [http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=frequently frequently] between the downtown of Zhangjiajie City and the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, a distance of some 30 kilometers. In addition, the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and the Suoxiyu Nature Reserve are connected by a highway, and the Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve and the Yangjiajie Scenic Area by the Liangyuan Road. Catering Within the scenic area as a whole, the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has the most developed supplementary facilities. In regard to catering, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] Zhangjiajie cuisine belongs to a branch of Hunan cuisine, but features a greater degree of traditional farmhouse cooking styles such as smoking and baking. The main characteristic of the cuisine is its distinctive peppery taste. The price of food in the scenic area is comparatively high, but here one can taste such special local dishes as the Sauteed Preserved Meat with Kudzu Root, the Rock Edible Fungus, and the Stir-Fried Eggs with Sour Corn. Shopping Wulingyuan has many special local products. The kiwi fruit, the Qingyan Mingcui Tea, the Longxia Jasmine Tea and pine mushroom are all renowned; the Sangzhi Salt Dried Bean Curd was served as a tribute during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911): the Kudzu Root Powder is pure natural beverage; the Maoping Maojian Tea features a light fragrance and beautiful color; and the Lameizi series of foods with local flavor are also highly recommended.

Restaurant In China Apologises After Asking Diners Stand On Scales

2021-05-31T05:45:55Z

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A restaurant in has apologised for its controversial policy of asking diners to weigh themselves before entry in an overzealous response to a new national campaign against food waste. The beef restaurant in the central city of Changsha was heavily criticised on Chinese social media as soon as it unveiled the policy on Friday. Customers were asked to stand on scales and scan their data into an app that recommended food choices based on their weight and the dishes' calorific value, according to a report by the state-run China News Service. A restaurant in China has apologised for its controversial policy of asking diners to weigh themselves before entry The beef restaurant in the central city of Changsha was heavily criticised on Chinese social media as soon as it unveiled the policy on Friday President Xi Jinping this week urged the nation to stop wasting food, as the coronavirus pandemic and serious [https://www.b2bmarketing.net/search/gss/flooding flooding] last month have led to a rise in food prices. In response, regional catering groups have urged customers to order one dish fewer than the number of diners at a table - an attempt to overturn the ingrained cultural habit of ordering extra food for group meals. Signs were displayed in the beef restaurant reading 'be thrifty and diligent, promote empty plates' and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] 'operation empty plate' - referring to the nationwide campaign - according to photos published in local media. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share President Xi Jinping this week urged the nation to stop wasting food. Above, a sign encouraging people not to waste food is seen at a restaurant in Handan in China's northern Hebei province In a swift backlash, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] hashtags related to the incident have been viewed over 300 million times on the social platform Weibo. The restaurant said it was 'deeply sorry' for its interpretation of the anti-waste campaign. 'Our original intentions were to advocate stopping waste and ordering food in a healthy way. We never forced customers to weigh themselves,' it said in an apology posted online on Saturday morning. Chinese state media has also waged war on viral binge-eating videos, known as 'mukbang', while livestreaming platforms have promised to shut down accounts promoting excess eating and food wastage.

THAI Doubles London Frankfurt Frequencies Postpones Rome Suspension To Feb 2016

2021-05-30T07:59:59Z

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Effective from 25 October 2015, THAI will offer more choice for those wanting to book flights from Bangkok to London and vice versa, with the current schedule of seven flights per week (once daily) being doubled to 14 flights per week (twice daily) operated by Airbus 380-800 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Flights from Bangkok to Frankfurt and vice versa will also be doubled, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour du lịch phượng hoàng cổ trấn] from the current seven weekly flights (once daily) to 14 weekly flights (twice daily) and also using Airbus 380-800 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Effective from the same date, THAI will temporarily suspend its four times a week Bangkok-Seoul-Los Angeles service, and reduce frequency on its Bangkok-Kolkata service from ten flights a week to one flight daily. An earlier decision to suspend the four times a week Bangkok-Rome service with the activation of the international winter schedule 2015/2016 has been postponed and the carrier's flights between the Thai and Italian capital cities will now be suspended in February 2016. THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said the company's board of directors agreed to postpone the suspension to 1 February 2016 in order to meet travel demand during the high season in Rome. THAI will work with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to jointly promote roundtrip travel on the route, which the airline will serve on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday using Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Thai Airways says its passengers will continue to be served through its planned operation from Bangkok to Munich/Frankfurt/Brussels and partner airline connections to Rome. In the return direction from Zurich/Frankfurt/Munich to Bangkok, THAI will operate Airbus 380-300 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with convenient connection to the Thai capital. The winter schedule will see THAI transfer selected routes to THAI Smile, which will operate them with smaller aircraft and aim for better efficiency and cost effectiveness. THAI Smile will operate the Bangkok-Hyderabad, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Bangkok-Luang Prabang and Bangkok-Changsha routes once it receives permission from the respective aviation authorities to operate to these destinations. Thai Airways has described the light adjustments in its winter schedule 2015/2016 as part of the company's transformation plan aimed at reducing losses by reducing operating costs, improving the sales structure and generating revenue. It currently has 50 routes which are operating at a loss and/or have less potential in profitability. It said the suspension of routes was considered using various criteria such as operating results over the past 10 years, market environment and competition, potential for development and connecting passenger numbers. The routes which have been suspended have been done so on a temporary basis, with the company to review these again after a period of time under the transformation plan. Thai Airways said once its operations had strengthened and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] it was more confident of competing well to and from the respective destinations, it would resume the suspended flights. THAI continues to serve its European destinations, issuing a statement that it operates under the high safety standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency. The statement followed a red flag given Thailand by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in June 2015 over significant safety concerns within the country's aviation sector. Charamporn Jotikasthira, president of Thai Airways International, said the European Commission's EU Air Safety List updated on 25 June 2015 did not include the Thai airline and as such it would continue to operate regularly scheduled flights to Europe. THAI operates flights from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Brussels, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich, Rome and Milan on either a direct or one stop basis. In the United Kingdom, it flies direct to London Heathrow and recently introduced Airbus A380 equipment on to this daily route. Thai Airways International Public Company Limited is the national flag carrier airline of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, offering flight service to 35 countries. THAI is a [http://scp-knowledge.org/?s=founding founding] member of the Star Alliance.

Chinese President Xi Jinping Has Visited Wuhan For The First Time Since The City Emerged As The Centre Of The Coronavirus Epidemic In January - A Major Sign That Beijing Believes The Outbreak Is Under Control

2021-05-29T14:41:01Z

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan for the first time since the city emerged as the centre of the coronavirus epidemic in January - a major sign that Beijing believes the outbreak is under control. The timing of Xi's visit indicates that China is ready to declare victory over the health crisis, which has killed at least 3,136 people in the nation and 4,062 worldwide, according to experts. Xi today inspected a 1,000-bed hospital constructed in 10 days to fight the deadly disease before touring a local community to call on residents in quarantine. His visit came as Wuhan authorities have closed all of the city's 14 makeshift 'fang cang' hospitals - which were converted from sports halls and exhibition centres - after they treated some 12,000 patients. It also came as unprecedented quarantine measures that have sealed off the city of 11 million and the rest of central Hubei province since late January appear to have paid off, with new infections dropping dramatically in recent weeks. A picture released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV through its official Weibo account shows President Xi delivering a speech at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan this morning Huoshenshan or Fire God Mountain Hospital was built in 10 days to help treat surging number of coronavirus patients in Wuhan. CCTV has also released a video, which shows mask-donning Xi speaking to front-line medical workers and patients in the hospital through a video call Xi is pictured addressing officials working in the [http://www.search.com/search?q=Huoshenshan%20Hospital Huoshenshan Hospital] in Wuhan today China state newspaper has urged its people to strive towards the 'victory of a people's war' against the epidemic. People's Daily wrote: '[We] should enhance the party's leadership comprehensively and work around the people to boost the people's power for seizing the victory of the people's war in controlling the epidemic.' Huoshenshan Hospital was built from the ground in just 10 days to curb the epidemic. 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More than 100 countries are now fighting the contagion, which has infected over 114,400 people globally. [ ] released by China's state broadcaster CCTV shows Xi, who arrived by plane in Hubei's capital, wearing a mask as he spoke via video-link to front-line medical workers and patients in Huoshenshan or Fire God Mountain Hospital. Huoshenshan started treating patients from February 4 after being built from the ground in just 10 days to combat the fast-spreading infection. Its sister facility, Leishenshan or Thunder God Mountain Hospital, was completed in 12 days. Xi then went to Wuhan's Donghu New City community at noon to visit people in quarantine and community workers, CCTV said. A video released by CCTV shows Xi visiting anti-coronavirus volunteers in charge of distributing food and supplies to isolated residents at Wuhan's Donghu New City community The clip also shows Xi waving at the locals in quarantine as he walks in the neighbourhood Residents at Donghu New City community are filmed greeting Xi from their balconies [ ] shows the locals waiving at Xi from their balconies and a mask-donning Xi greeting them back while walking in the neighbourhood. Xi is also filmed talking to community volunteers in charge of distributing necessities and carrying out health campaigns. Xi's neighbourhood [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] came just five days after China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan was heckled during an inspection by the city's isolated residents who reportedly complained about being neglected. A video shows the locals chanting 'fake, fake' out of their windows as they allegedly claimed that Sun was being shown a 'fake' delivery of food. Quarantined residents have been captured on camera yelling 'fake, fake' at a group of Beijing officials who are inspecting the residential compound in Qingshan District of Wuhan Sun Chunlan (pictured), [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the Chinese Vice Premier, was touring an isolated complex in Qingshan District of Wuhan yesterday. She is seen here visiting a hospital in Wuhan <div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol-9e872b90-62b6-11ea-a07b-5b4ad138a66b" website Xi pays first visit to virus epicentre Wuhan

China apos;s Didi Aims For 1 Mln Robotaxis On Its Platform By 2030

2021-05-28T21:32:00Z

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BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) - China's ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing aims to operate more than 1 million self-driving cars through its platform by 2030, an executive said on Tuesday. Didi is developing autonomous driving technologies and plans to deploy so-called robotaxis in areas where there is a shortage of ride-hailing car supply, said Meng Xing, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] the chief operating officer of the company's autonomous driving unit, at an online conference hosted by South China Morning Post. The company last month completed a more than $500 million fundraising round for the [http://www.deer-digest.com/?s=autonomous%20driving autonomous driving] unit, led by SoftBank Group's Vision Fund 2. Last year Didi said it would start using autonomous vehicles to pick up passengers in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen this year before expanding the scheme outside China in 2021. Automakers and tech companies in China are investing billions in the autonomous driving industry to compete with the likes of Tesla Inc, Alphabet Inc Waymo and Uber Technologies. While some industry insiders said it will take time for the public to trust autonomous vehicles fully, Meng said that Didi, which is developing autonomous cars with China's BAIC Group , expects autonomous vehicles to be in mass production by 2025. WeRide, a start-up based in Guangzhou city, is operating a fleet of more than 40 robotaxis plus a further 60 test cars. The three-year-old company is backed by Nissan, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] Renault and Mitsubishi. Baidu Inc started offering a robotaxi service in China's southern city of Changsha this year. (Reporting by Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh Editing by David Goodman)

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