Chinese lychees captivate Dubai
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
A visitor picks lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Workers load boxes of lychees onto a cold-chain truck with ice at a company in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Packed lychees for export are pictured at a company in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Workers select lychees for export at a company in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
A consumer gives a thumb up after tasting a lychee at a supermarket in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 21, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
A staff member transports packed lychees for export at a company in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
A consumer selects lychees at a supermarket in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 20, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
A consumer gives a thumb up after tasting a lychee at a supermarket in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 21, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
A lychee tree laden with lychee fruits is pictured at an orchard in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
A staff member measures the temperature of a box of lychees newly arrived by air at the warehouse of a supermarket in Duabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 20, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
A staff member loads boxes of lychees newly arrived by air onto a car at the warehouse of a supermarket in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 20, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Lychees are precooled at a company in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Farmers pick lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
A farmer picks lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Lychees are pictured at a supermarket in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), June 20, 2025.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
This panoramic drone photo taken on May 19, 2025 shows lychee orchards in Gaozhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province.
Chinese lychees are winning over more fans abroad due to the cold-chain technology and air transportation.
In the United Arab Emirates, with a 48-hour transportation process from picking to marketing, Chinese lychees boarded the shelves of supermarkets still with fresh fragrance.
Every week, four tons of Chinese lychees are transported in two shipments by air from south China’s Guangdong to Dubai and sold out in just three days.
These lychees, across thousands of miles, have become a fresh and sweet business card for China on the tables of local consumers. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
