In the heart of downtown, it serves up everything from stuffed banh mi sandwiches and pan-seared bao to tacos and Prince’s Hot Chicken – a dish that has been a local hero for more than a century. Just be warned that its XXX Hot option is well named. Duolan Li, who was born in Hohhot, … Read more
Apple supplier BOE Technology Group, one of the world’s largest display makers, will set up a 63-billion yuan (US$9 billion) next-generation production complex in Chengdu, capital of southwestern Sichuan province, that is expected to bolster mainland China’s lead in display manufacturing capacity over the next few years. The Chengdu municipal government on Wednesday said in … Read more
Citing analysis released jointly by the WTTC and Oxford Economics, Simpson says that travel and tourism are estimated to have contributed 7.8 per cent to the Chinese economy in 2023, employing about 74 million people in an industry worth US$1.48 trillion. Tourists look at giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, … Read more
A man in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has been arrested for spreading rumours about the stock market amid a crackdown by law enforcement on acts that undermine the country’s fragile economic recovery. A 30-year-old man in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan and a commercial hub, was detained over suspicions he used news about … Read more
The provincial capital is the birthplace of world-famous Sichuan cuisine, and the revered “numbing” pepper, a corn plant containing a molecule called hydroxy-alpha-sanshool that temporarily numbs the lips and tongue. Guangdong or Southern Cantonese-style duck with rice in Chengdu, China. Photo: Ian Neubauer In 2011, Chengdu was added to Unesco’s City of Gastronomy list alongside … Read more
