Zhejiang - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/rss/330422/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png Zhejiang - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com Zhejiang province, home to e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, is putting into place preferential tax policies and will promote hard tech industries such as integrated circuits and digital security in 2022, as it seeks to bolster government efforts to strengthen self-sufficiency in strategic technology sectors. The local government said it aims to ease the financial burden for enterprises and individuals by 300 billion yuan (US$47.42 billion) this year. “We will fully implement preferential... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3164557/alibabas-home-province-offer-preferential-tax-policies-and-promote-hard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3164557/alibabas-home-province-offer-preferential-tax-policies-and-promote-hard?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:00:23 +0000 Alibaba’s home province to offer preferential tax policies and promote ‘hard tech’ such as chips and digital security Tucked away up winding roads in the misty mountain village of Liangjiashan in China’s Zhejiang Province is a small see-through library standing on stilts. From a distance, it looks practically suspended in midair among the squat, stone houses that surround it. Clear panels cover its facade, revealing the fore-edges of old books. The place is so quiet that the only sound is the steady flow of water from a nearby river. It is the ideal spot for bookworms, but ironically, most of the village’s 34... https://www.scmp.com/travel/photos-cool-see-through-library-middle-rural-china/article/3008168?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/photos-cool-see-through-library-middle-rural-china/article/3008168?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:22:10 +0000 Photos: A cool see-through library in a Chinese mountain village A green tofu...that’s not really a tofu. This wiggly, nutritious green jelly is made from the crushed leaves of a tree that grows in the mountains around Qiandao Lake in China’s Zhejiang province. https://www.scmp.com/food/tofu-grows-trees/article/3000284?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/tofu-grows-trees/article/3000284?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Dec 2018 04:45:36 +0000 The tofu that grows on trees Locals in Zhejiang province call him the “water ghost.” Fang Shuyun has spent years mastering the art of balancing on bamboo. “You have to be calm, both physically and mentally. Your mind needs to be still like water.” https://www.scmp.com/videos/man-who-walks-water/article/3000178?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/man-who-walks-water/article/3000178?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Oct 2018 09:56:13 +0000 The man who walks on water