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World Smart Industry Expo 2025 - China

A robot brews coffee during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, September 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Quanchao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

An Indian Rabha tribal priest brews traditional rice beer during Baikho festival rituals in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India’s northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The fermented offering honors the wealth deity Bhim Raja while petitioning for abundant rains and harvests in the agrarian community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xiangpiaopiao's First Offline Milk Tea Store in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 23, 2024 - A staff member brews fresh tea for customers at Xiangpiaopiao's first offline milk tea store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 23, 2024.

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Xiangpiaopiao's First Offline Milk Tea Store in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 23, 2024 - A staff member brews fresh tea for customers at Xiangpiaopiao's first offline milk tea store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 23, 2024.

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Xiangpiaopiao's First Offline Milk Tea Store in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 23, 2024 - A staff member brews fresh tea for customers at Xiangpiaopiao's first offline milk tea store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 23, 2024.

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Xiangpiaopiao's First Offline Milk Tea Store in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 23, 2024 - A staff member brews fresh tea for customers at Xiangpiaopiao's first offline milk tea store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 23, 2024.

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Xiangpiaopiao's First Offline Milk Tea Store in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 23, 2024 - A staff member brews fresh tea for customers at Xiangpiaopiao's first offline milk tea store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 23, 2024.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240725) -- BEIJING, July 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A contestant brews coffee during a coffee brewing competition at the pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry during the 8th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 24, 2024. The 8th China-South Asia Expo opened on Tuesday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hu Chao)

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Traditional Torch Festival Of Yi Ethnic Group - China

(240724) -- KUNMING, July 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A contestant brews coffee during a coffee brewing competition at the pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry during the 8th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 24, 2024. The 8th China-South Asia Expo opened on Tuesday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors. Notably, for the first time, a pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry has been established, highlighting Yunnan's status as China's premier coffee producer. Over 160 companies are showcasing their products in this pavilion. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-CHINA-SOUTH ASIA EXPO-COFFEE-PAVILION (CN)

(240724) -- KUNMING, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A contestant brews coffee during a coffee brewing competition at the pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry during the 8th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 24, 2024. The 8th China-South Asia Expo opened on Tuesday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors. Notably, for the first time, a pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry has been established, highlighting Yunnan's status as China's premier coffee producer. Over 160 companies are showcasing their products in this pavilion. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-CHINA-SOUTH ASIA EXPO-COFFEE-PAVILION (CN)

(240724) -- KUNMING, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A contestant brews coffee during a coffee brewing competition at the pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry during the 8th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 24, 2024. The 8th China-South Asia Expo opened on Tuesday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors. Notably, for the first time, a pavilion dedicated to the coffee industry has been established, highlighting Yunnan's status as China's premier coffee producer. Over 160 companies are showcasing their products in this pavilion. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-URBAN RENEWAL (CN)

(240717) -- CHONGQING, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A barista brews coffee at a coffee shop in the 1862 Yangpao Bureau Cultural and Creative Park in Jiangbei District of southwest China's Chongqing, July 15, 2024. Through urban renewal efforts in recent years, many old streets, neighborhoods and factories in Jiangbei District have been mapped out artistically and commercially. The creative renovation and upgrading brings more business opportunities to tap the potential, and attracts young people to experience the vibe, infusing more vigor into the areas. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-URBAN RENEWAL (CN)

(240717) -- CHONGQING, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A technician brews tea at a teahouse in the 1862 Yangpao Bureau Cultural and Creative Park in Jiangbei District of southwest China's Chongqing, July 15, 2024. Through urban renewal efforts in recent years, many old streets, neighborhoods and factories in Jiangbei District have been mapped out artistically and commercially. The creative renovation and upgrading brings more business opportunities to tap the potential, and attracts young people to experience the vibe, infusing more vigor into the areas. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Quanchao)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240716) -- BEIJING, July 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pan Baofen brews tea at the homestay she operates at Dazhai Village of Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 26, 2024. Beyond the picturesque Longji Rice Terraces lies Dazhai Village, flanked by lush greenery, towering mountains, and a diverse array of homestays. Named among the Best Tourism Villages of 2022 by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for its breathtaking agricultural view, this village also takes pride in its robust homestay facilities that have annually brought more than 500,000 yuan (about 68,854 U.S. dollars) to over 60 percent of local households. The flourishing homestay service in the village grew out of household-run catering and recreation services that started to burgeon since the first highway reached the village two decades ago. Homestay service has not only created jobs for locals but also facilitated the development of tourism-related businesses in surrounding areas. Photo by Xin

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-DAZHAI-TOURISM (CN)

(240715) -- LONGSHENG, July 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pan Baofen brews tea at the homestay she operates at Dazhai Village of Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 26, 2024. Beyond the picturesque Longji Rice Terraces lies Dazhai Village, flanked by lush greenery, towering mountains, and a diverse array of homestays. Named among the Best Tourism Villages of 2022 by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for its breathtaking agricultural view, this village also takes pride in its robust homestay facilities that have annually brought more than 500,000 yuan (about 68,854 U.S. dollars) to over 60 percent of local households. The flourishing homestay service in the village grew out of household-run catering and recreation services that started to burgeon since the first highway reached the village two decades ago. Homestay service has not only created jobs for locals but also facilitated the development of tourism-related businesses in surrounding areas. Photo by X

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-DAZHAI-TOURISM (CN)

(240715) -- LONGSHENG, July 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pan Baofen brews tea at the homestay she operates at Dazhai Village of Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 26, 2024. Beyond the picturesque Longji Rice Terraces lies Dazhai Village, flanked by lush greenery, towering mountains, and a diverse array of homestays. Named among the Best Tourism Villages of 2022 by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for its breathtaking agricultural view, this village also takes pride in its robust homestay facilities that have annually brought more than 500,000 yuan (about 68,854 U.S. dollars) to over 60 percent of local households. The flourishing homestay service in the village grew out of household-run catering and recreation services that started to burgeon since the first highway reached the village two decades ago. Homestay service has not only created jobs for locals but also facilitated the development of tourism-related businesses in surrounding areas. Photo by X

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ChineseToday | Young couple inherit Aoluguya Ewenki legacy in forests in north China

(240714) -- HULUN BUIR, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ayousha brews coffee in a tent at the reindeer herding site in Jinhe Town of Genhe City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 3, 2024. The Aoluguya Ewenki people, known as "the last hunting tribe in China," is the only ethnic minority group in China that raises reindeer. More than 20 years ago, they moved from the deep forests in the Dahinggan Mountains to Genhe City to resettle, but their tradition of herding reindeer was still preserved. Ayousha is one of the Aoluguya Ewenki people who spent her childhood in the deep forest with her family. In order to inherit the ethnic tradition of herding reindeer, Wu Qiming, Ayousha's husband and man of Han nationality, accompanied her back to the forest from the city in 2019, and together they set up a reindeer herding site in a forest in Jinhe Town. Both born in the 1990s, they are the youngest reindeer herders in the area now. The forests in the Dahinggan Mountains are lush and g

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-LHASA-BARKHOR STREET-CAFE (CN)

(240707) -- LHASA, July 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tashi Dorje brews a cup of coffee at a cafe on the Barkhor Street in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 5, 2024. Located at a century-old courtyard in the capital city of Xizang, this cafe with exquisite decorations is jointly operated by 28-year-old Tenzin Tegchok and his buddies. The courtyard is not only where Tenzin Tegchok was raised, but also a depot of his reminiscence. The cafe, for its part, has injected much vigor to the time-honored building that accommodates it. (Photo by Kalsang Yudron/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-WUZHOU-LIUBAO TEA (CN)

(231207) -- WUZHOU, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea master Wei Zhansheng brews Liubao tea in a tea company in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 5, 2023. Liubao tea, a Chinese dark tea characterized by its strong and lingering fragrance and medical effects, boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Famous for Liubao tea making, the city of Wuzhou has over 310,000 mu (about 20,667 hectares) of tea plantations, with an output value exceeding 16 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion dollars). (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A barista brews coffee at the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2023. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A barista brews coffee at the Starbucks Beijing Xitieying Wanda signing store in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 23, 2023. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Mengqi)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-7TH SILK ROAD INT'L EXPOSITION-SPECIALITY (CN)

(231117) -- XI'AN, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member brews civet coffee for visitors at the booth of Indonesia during the Seventh Silk Road International Exposition in Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 16, 2023. The Seventh Silk Road International Exposition kicked off in Xi'an on Thursday, with six exhibition areas to fully showcase the achievements accomplished under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

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CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-HERBAL TEA INDUSTRY (CN)

(231104) -- BOZHOU, Nov. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Herbal tea products are displayed at a shop in a Chinese medicinal herb trading center in Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 8, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Herbal tea brews fortunes in east Chinese city" (Xinhua/Zhao Jinzheng)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUZHOU-LIUBAO TEA (CN)

(230907) -- WUZHOU, Sept. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea master Zhu Xuelan brews tea in a studio in Liubao Town of Cangwu County in Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 7, 2023. Liubao tea, a Chinese dark tea characterized by its strong and lingering fragrance and medical effects, boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Famous for Liubao tea making, the city of Wuzhou has over 310,000 mu (about 20,667 hectares) of tea plantations and 269 tea cooperatives, with more than 50,000 people involved by the first half of 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-MEDICINAL PLANT-INDUSTRY (CN)

(230130) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Chunyan produces the special "vine tea" in Qing'an Village of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Medicinal plant brews up sweet life for locals" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-MEDICINAL PLANT-INDUSTRY (CN)

(230130) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Chunyan introduces the special "vine tea" grown in the Wuling Mountains online to promote sales at a warehouse in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 20, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Medicinal plant brews up sweet life for locals" (Xinhua)

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Fukushima sake brewers promote new brews

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Fukushima Prefecture's sake brewers meet the press at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, to promote new brews. Stressing that their sake are all safe and have undergone strict inspections for radioactive contamination, they expressed hope to revive sales that have been dampened by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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History textbook choice brews debate

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Members of a civic group speak at a news conference in the Yokohama city office building on July 25, 2011, after presenting to the Yokohama municipal education board signatures collected from people against adoption of textbooks by Jiyusha and Ikuhosha publishing houses, written by authors known for nationalistic views.

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LDP tax panel scraps plans to raise cigarette tax

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) Tax System Research Commission are in session at Tokyo's Nagatacho on Dec. 12. The panel decided to scrap plans to raise taxes on cigarettes and low-malt brews known as ''happoshu'' in fiscal 2002.

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Int'l liquor festival opens in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Some 170 brews, including sake, distilled spirits and local beer, are exhibited at the Kyoto International Liquor Festival, which opened April 10 in Kyoto. The festival, sponsored by an organizing committee of wine lovers and Japanese liquor companies, was last held in Japan 10 years ago. It aims at popularizing Japanese alcoholic beverages overseas.

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Xinhua Headlines: China's coffee industry booms amid opening up

(221026) -- KUNMING, Oct. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Hongjian brews fresh coffee at his coffee estate in Pu'er of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on June 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Cao Mengyao)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-TRANSFORM VILLAGE WITH FINE ARTS (CN)

(220718) -- XI'AN, July 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Barista Shen Hongyi (L) brews coffee for tourists at the Home of Artist in Caijiapo Village, Huyi District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on July 5, 2022. Faculty and students of the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts have been working with artists to transform villages by practicing their profession. Such transformation, combining rural tradition with modern lifestyles, turns plain grain fields and farmhouses into places of interest that promote rural culture and rural tourism. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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LDP tax panel scraps plans to raise cigarette tax

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) Tax System Research Commission are in session at Tokyo's Nagatacho on Dec. 12. The panel decided to scrap plans to raise taxes on cigarettes and low-malt brews known as ''happoshu'' in fiscal 2002.

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Japanese venture brews sake in wine barrels

Takuma Inagawa, president of Japanese brewery venture Wakaze Inc. in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, poses in front of oak wine barrels used to mature sake. (Photo courtesy of Wakaze)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discontent brews among minorities as Myanmar heads for election

A woman sits outside her lodgings at a camp for internally displaced ethnic Kachin minority people in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state in Myanmar, on Oct. 1, 2015. Many ethnic minorities have voiced their discontent and distrust of the upcoming general election, which they see as being dominated by Burmese-led politics and neglectful of minority voices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discontent brews among minorities as Myanmar heads for election

Posters for candidates running in the upcoming general election are seen on Oct. 3, 2015, outside Myanmar's main opposition National League for Democracy's branch in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state. The election, set for Nov. 8, will be the country's first to be held under a civilian government in decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discontent brews among minorities as Myanmar heads for election

An ethnic Kachin living in a camp for the internally displaced minority group speaks in an interview in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state in Myanmar, on Oct. 1, 2015, of her discontent and distrust of the Nov. 8 general election, which she sees as being dominated by Burmese-led politics and neglects the minorities' voices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discontent brews among minorities as Myanmar heads for election

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, makes a speech in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state, on Oct. 2, 2015, during campaigning for the Nov. 8 general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Hiroshi Sakurai (R), president of Asahishuzo Co. which brews the popular Dassai brand Japanese sake, speaks at a press conference on May 21, 2015, in Iwakuni , Yamaguchi Prefecture. Asahishuzo showed its newly completed main brewery to the press the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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History textbook choice brews debate

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Members of a civic group speak at a news conference in the Yokohama city office building on July 25, 2011, after presenting to the Yokohama municipal education board signatures collected from people against adoption of textbooks by Jiyusha and Ikuhosha publishing houses, written by authors known for nationalistic views. (Kyodo)

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