On the first days of China's week-long National Day holiday, travelers are skipping packed landmarks and foreign trips for small-town food, hotel lie-ins and unhurried local walks. The shift is reshaping how the country's tourism industry reads its customers.
A family trip to Shandong turned into a lesson in hospitality, as free tire repairs, unsolicited steamed buns and waiters who talk customers out of over-ordering won hearts online.
A Jinan court ordered celebrity dog trainer Pan Hong to post a public apology and pay 11,119 yuan after a Samoyed named Xiaobao died at his training base. The case has fueled a national debate over pet influencers and animal welfare.
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