The former construction worker's face glowed one balmy afternoon as he held chopsticks with dexterity while enjoying a meal of rice and beef stew before embarking on his next assignment.

As brighter May beckons, customized travel products, premium services shineWith the spring blooming to its colorful glory amid balmy weather in the second half of April, up to 200 million wanderlust-bitten Chinese tourists, who had experienced lockdowns and social distancing over the past year, are expected to march out to a variety of domestic destinations during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting May 1.

The book introduces readers to 100 different kinds of authentic regional street food by presenting small plates from the balmy rice paddies of Yunnan and spicy flavors of Sichuan to the frozen tundra of Harbin and the imperial majesty of Beijing.

A wider rollout, however, is expected to take years, if not decades, as companies work to prove autonomous vehicles can run not just in balmy US states, where they are mostly tested, but in colder areas like Ontario and Michigan where snow and sleet can render cameras and sensors ineffective.