China Focus: From tradition to innovation -- Japanese Gen Z discover charm of modern China

BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The night before leaving Beijing, 19-year-old Japanese university student Matsufuji Aimi went shopping in Wangfujing with several companions. Dolls, osmanthus oolong tea-flavored sandwich cookies, Shaoxing rice wine and more. An hour later, her canvas bag was filled with goods she and her friends had chosen.

Her bag is adorned with "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains," the famous