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Added on the 19/10/2018 17:50:00 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that his coming visit to China aims to open up better communications "by addressing misperceptions and avoiding miscalculations." SOUNDBITE
The United States confirms that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has rescheduled a rare visit to Beijing for this weekend. "The secretary's visit falt builts on a series of engagements following the conversation between President Biden and President Xi in Bali, where they agreed to keep channels open," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a tea ceremony at the Guandong province governor's residence. Macron flew to the southern city of Guangzhou on Friday on the final day of his three-day state visit to China. IMAGES
The Yunessun Spa Resort in Japan's Hakone Prefecture has a special offer on for Valentine's Day, giving their guests the chance to literally bathe in chocolate. Twice a day, staff dressed up as pastry chefs pour a litre of chocolate into each tub, and all over the visitors. Guests can take the chocolate and rub it over their body, or over their friends and family. However, as tempting as it may be, visitors are warned not to eat the chocolate.
This glass-bottomed pool, which is attached to the ninth story of a hotel in China, offers scenic views of the terrifying drop below and is believed to be the highest altitude pool with a glass bottom in the world. Brave bathers can take a dip in the frightening see-through pool at the Wanfu hot spring hotel in Zhangjiajie. The 2 foot deep and six and a half feet wide dipping pool hangs off the side of the nine-story steel structure of the hotel and overlooks the verdant Hunan hills.