https://www.scmp.com/rss/327383/feed Alice is a contributor to Inkstone. She is a summer intern on the South China Morning Post’s Graphics team. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Herbal tea known as leung cha is found throughout south China, and tea shops have been a familiar fixture of the Hong Kong landscape for more than a hundred years. What is ‘cooling tea’? Leung cha translates literally as “cooling tea”. An infusion of herbs originating from China’s Guangdong province, it is believed to contain medicinal properties. In fact, the drink rarely contains any elements of the tea plant and is more like a bitter-tasting medicinal soup. A quick-fix remedy, leung cha is... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2183447/too-much-heat-might-be-making-you-sick-and-herbal-tea-or-leung-cha?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2183447/too-much-heat-might-be-making-you-sick-and-herbal-tea-or-leung-cha?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:36 +0000 “Made in China” is often associated with cheap and poor quality goods, but the country has ambitious plans to transform itself into an innovative high-tech powerhouse by 2025. The Chinese government announced the ‘Made in China 2025’ strategic plan in 2015. Aimed at closing the gap on western expertise and cutting China’s dependency on imported technology, the plan specified 10 areas in which the country should take the lead. But as the trade war between the US and China escalated over mutual... https://www.scmp.com/china/why-made-china-2025-triggered-wrath-president-trump/article/2163659?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/why-made-china-2025-triggered-wrath-president-trump/article/2163659?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:30:30 +0000 Tap here to launch the special feature https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2163570/why-made-china-2025-triggered-wrath-president-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2163570/why-made-china-2025-triggered-wrath-president-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000 Known as leung cha, herbal tea is found throughout South China, and tea shops have been a familiar fixture of the Hong Kong landscape for more than a hundred years. Click to view the full infographic https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2162156/chinese-herbal-tea-all-you-need-know-about-its-history-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2162156/chinese-herbal-tea-all-you-need-know-about-its-history-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:30:00 +0000