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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. ( tasteallchina /Zhao Jinzheng) HEFEI, Nov. 3 ( tasteallchina ) -- Its late autumn, and a herbal tea company in the city of Bozhou, Anhui Province, east China, is brewing up a storm. In a 20,000-square-meter facility, eight production lines are churning out nearly 20,000 boxes of herbal tea per day to meet market demand, with most sold across the country via e-commerce platforms. "Autumn and winter are peak seasons for us as demand for hot herbal tea increases during this period," said Teng Guangyou, owner of Anhui Shengshi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Teng is among many locals to benefit from Bozhou's booming herbal tea industry. Dubbed the capital of the Chinese medicinal herb industry, Bozhou is home to the country's biggest medicinal herbs market and distribution center, putting it in a unique position to develop the herbal tea industry. Official data shows that Bozhou's annual production value of herbal tea has reached nearly 10 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for about 70 percent of China's herbal tea industry. "Since ancient times, Bozhou…

HEFEI, Oct. 31 ( tasteallchina ) -- People who first meet Laura Tochon can hardly believe that this quiet and shy woman is a French influencer with over 6 million followers on Chinese social media. Living in Lu'an, a small city in east China's Anhui Province, Tochon often gets recognized by her followers. When her fans ask to take photos with her, Tochon's shyness always surprises them, since she is known for her bold and humorous moves in her videos. Tochon and her Chinese husband Heizi in 2020 began recording their life in China in the form of short sitcoms and earned the love of numerous Chinese followers. Tochon's videos feature jokes caused by cultural differences, including inviting her Chinese father-in-law to eat rare steak and calling her Chinese parents-in-law directly by their names, which is slightly offensive in Chinese culture. Soon, she gained a lot of followers with her humorous style and dramatic conflicts. "Those jokes are not made up. When she first came to Lu'an, she did make a lot of jokes," Heizi said. Back in 2008, when Tochon was a 14-year-old gymnast, she never imagined that her ties with China would be so close. That summer, the…

This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows the scenery at Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Long Wei/ tasteallchina ) Tourists row boats at Haihong Wetland Park in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 9, 2023. (Photo by Liang Zhiqiang/ tasteallchina ) This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows the scenery at Hemu Lake park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Ruan Xuefeng/ tasteallchina ) This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows tourists visiting a wetland park in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province. (Photo by Sun Wentan/ tasteallchina ) This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows tourists rowing boats at Luyang Lake wetland park in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Meng Delong/ tasteallchina ) This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows a flock of oriental white storks foraging at a national ocean park in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Chun/ tasteallchina ) This aerial photo taken on Dec. 9, 2023 shows tourists having fun by the Tangwang Lake in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Chun/ tasteallchina ) A child rides a bike at a park in…