Word: jinjiang
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...market are already getting crowded. The Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt chains all have plans for big pushes within the "economy" segment of the industry, defined as three stars and below, importing brands such as Marriott Courtyard and Hilton Garden Inns from the U.S. Several Chinese hotel companies, notably the Jinjiang Group, are chasing after the same market, intensifying the sense of urgency. "It's amazing how fast things move in China," says Brian Deeson, head of China operations for the French lodging group Accor, which has four Ibis Hotels on the mainland and plans to have 50 of them...
...enjoy. Sidewalk bookstalls in provincial Sichuan now offer readers the autobiography of Archcapitalist Lee Iacocca, selected writings of Sigmund Freud, Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue and lavishly illustrated handbooks on how to apply eye makeup. Former students of English gather at twilight by the banks of Chengdu's Jinjiang river to practice their fractured grammar. The flashing sign above the dance floor at Guangzhou's luxury Baiyun Hotel actually reads WELCOME TO JOIN THE PARTY. No one interprets "party" as meaning the Communist variety...
...know how to serve in anything like first- class style. War, revolution, poverty and a Maoist regime that considered embellishment a manifestation of bourgeois decadence have taken their toll. "We lost the thread of our culinary tradition," says Hu Yulu, the retired chef and now adviser to Shanghai's Jinjiang Hotel. "Our cooking began to decline in the '50s, and we won't even talk about the '60s and '70s, when our most talented chefs left the country," he added. "We have to teach young cooks how traditional Chinese food should taste," agreed Zhang Songqi, secretary-general of the Shanghai...
...Chinese dish, by the way, is likely to be better than a Western-style choice, judging by the sorry fare offered at places such as the Golden Flower Hotel in Xi'an, the Jinjiang Guest House in Chengdu and the somewhat macabre copy of the Parisian Maxim's in Peking. Even Chinese breakfasts of rice porridge, pickles, pork and dumplings surpass their Western counterparts, although there were excellent room-service breakfasts at the Jinling Hotel in Nanjing and the luxurious White Swan Hotel in Canton...
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