Slowing Chinese economy

Slowing Chinese economy

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024, shows a restaurant for vegetarians on Beijing's bustling Wangfujing Avenue that was closed in early September as consumption slackened in China amid the slowing economy.

Slowing Chinese economy

Slowing Chinese economy

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024, shows a restaurant for vegetarians on Beijing's bustling Wangfujing Avenue that was closed in early September as consumption slackened in China amid the slowing economy.

Discovering Anhui | U.S. expat tastes Buddhist vegetarian food on Jiuhua Mountain

STORY: Discovering Anhui | U.S. expat tastes Buddhist vegetarian food on Jiuhua Mountain DATELINE: April 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WU LIYING, Tourist STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China "Hi, I'm Chris from America. We are here at Jiuhua Mountain. At home, in America and other Western places, we have vegetarians. These true Buddhists, they are also vegetarians and they are going to show me how to cook and prepare vegetarian food. Let's go and have a look. Here? What are they making? See that is interesting. Peppers, green peppers, I guess. I've heard from the cook that they will prepare three meals each day for over 100 students and teachers and some tourists. All the food here is made from vegetables, soybean or peanut oil." SOUNDBITE (English): WU LIYING, Tourist "So, you come here to taste the vegetarian food, what do you

Local specialties served at farmhouse restaurant in central Japan

Local specialties served at farmhouse restaurant in central Japan

Kayoko Sakai, a 63-year-old researcher on local food, displays on July 7, 2015, a course of specialties for vegetarians in Farmhouse Restaurant Okado, which was launched by local people by using an old private house. The dishes include "somen" noodles, radish leaves with "miso" soybean taste and beaten eggs hardened in vegetable gelatin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Inn for day laborers restyled to accept growing foreign tourists

Inn for day laborers restyled to accept growing foreign tourists

People sit in the lobby of a hotel in Osaka, western Japan, refurbished from what used to be accommodation for day laborers in this photo taken in January 2015, amid a surge in the number of travelers from overseas. The hotel is equipped with WiFi wireless Internet connection as well as a kitchen corner in the lobby where patrons such as vegetarians and Muslims can cook their own meals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo