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Luosifen, an iconic dish from the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou and known for its pungent smell, registered remarkable growth in sales and exports despite global economic uncertainties and resurgences of COVID-19 infections.

The smelly yet tasty dish, listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi in 2008, is made from pickled bamboo shoots, dried white radish, fried peanuts, fried tofu skins and served in a spicy noodle broth flavored with river snails.

The sales volume of China's passenger cars in November reached 2.08 million, up 8 percent year-on-year, yicai.com reported citing data from the China Passenger Car Association on Tuesday.

"The sales showed a low-to-high trend this year," said Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the CPCA, noting retail sales were mainly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and an early Spring Festival. But the market had maintained robust growth since July.

China maintained its position as Namibia's main export market, absorbing 38.4 percent of all goods, ahead of South Africa in the second place which absorbed 13.9 percent, according to country's monthly statistics figures released Wednesday.

The composition of goods exported remained the same mainly comprising of minerals such as non-ferrous metals, metalliferous ores and metal scrap, non-metallic mineral manufactures, as well as non-monetary gold, said Namibia Statistician Agency Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni.

Aug 10th, the Hukou yellow river section in Ji county Shanxi provice.

Demand for domestic travel was rekindled last month when approval for cross-provincial group tours to most areas was granted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The go-ahead came nearly five months after domestic and overseas group tours were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.