The fresh, light scent, called Vert Oriental, is meant to mimic green tea leaf during the Chinese spring harvest.

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The vehicle has a radiator grille with golden flourishes, and the hood of this Chinese edition vehicle will be covered with leaf gold formed like snakeskin.

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The bad weather does not bode well for Chinese inflation, as important agricultural products like cabbage and rape leaf prices have risen 16.1% and 18.2%, respectively, in the May 21 to May 30 period because of the drought, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

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To find out more about that I spoke to Liz Carter, a writer for the website Tea Leaf Nation, which follows and reports on activity in Chinese social media.

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