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...A sudden dinner date FYI: Chef Christopher has a day job, so you’ll need to book him at least a couple of months ahead (Website) A charming young man with a bright smile and a talent for whipping up fa...
...“It’s all about execution,” said Liu....
...Additional reporting by Qianer Liu in Shenzhen and Nian Liu in Beijing...
...Ms Xu, who did not give her first name, said roughly one-tenth of revenues at her xian bing, or stuffed pancake, restaurant in east Beijing come from deliveries....
...Equally popular are the xiao xian rou, or “young fresh meat” boy band types such as Kris Wu, who promotes Bulgari among other brands....
...Additional reporting by Nicolle Liu...
...One version of Cinderella is Ye Xian, dating from about AD850. It is a tale of unjust oppression and magnificent reward through access to the architecture of power....
...Xian to be your travel guide....
...Under Mr Xi, a new slogan has increasingly been heard — fen fa you wei, or “striving for achievement”....
...Indeed, the Magna Carta is called “Da xian zhang” or “Great Constitution Charter” in Chinese....
...The club’s chairman and owner is Liu Shilai, China’s most recognisable player....
...The academic who prepared that study had spent most of his life as a lecturer in automated production systems in Xian before studying demography for barely a year in India....
...The different characters for “salty” and “umami” are both rendered in the Roman alphabet as “xian”. There are also issues of taste and cultural judgement....
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