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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Nordar shops with his granddaughters at a New Year fair in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 3, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wangmo feels

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World's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York

NEW YORK, United States - The world's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York, near Times Square. The shop has a floor space of roughly 1,700 square meters and is equipped with 800 personal computers. The shop is operated by a British venture company which is seeking to open 10 more shops in the United States by fall 2001.

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers smell perfumes in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers try electronic products in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer tries cosmetic products in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer views a watch in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer pays via a mobile phone in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-DUTY FREE SALES (CN)

(220103) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers pay for products in a duty-free shop in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 3, 2022. Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce. Three more duty-free shops opened last year in Hainan, raising the total number to 10. The duty-free shops host more than 720 brands in a total shopping area of 220,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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World's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York

NEW YORK, United States - The world's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York, near Times Square. The shop has a floor space of roughly 1,700 square meters and is equipped with 800 personal computers. The shop is operated by a British venture company which is seeking to open 10 more shops in the United States by fall 2001.