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Drake wins 65-46 against BelmontHowever, snow also brings its fair share of challenges. The usually bustling streets of Beijing can become treacherous when covered in a layer of snow and ice, making commuting a daunting task. Traffic congestion, delayed flights, and slippery sidewalks are all part and parcel of winter in the city. Yet, despite these inconveniences, Beijingers have learned to adapt and even find joy in the winter wonderland that surrounds them.By John Hanna, The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That’s because the state has been there, done that, and all but a few Republicans would prefer not to go there again. Kansas imposed a proof-of-citizenship requirement over a decade ago that grew into one of the biggest political fiascos in the state in recent memory. The law, passed by the state Legislature in 2011 and implemented two years later, ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That was 12% of everyone seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. Federal courts ultimately declared the law an unconstitutional burden on voting rights, and it hasn’t been enforced since 2018. Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, championed the idea as a legislator and now says states and the federal government shouldn’t touch it. “Kansas did that 10 years ago,” said Schwab, a Republican. “It didn’t work out so well.” Steven Fish, a 45-year-old warehouse worker in eastern Kansas, said he understands the motivation behind the law. In his thinking, the state was like a store owner who fears getting robbed and installs locks. But in 2014, after the birth of his now 11-year-old son inspired him to be “a little more responsible” and follow politics, he didn’t have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to get registered to vote in Kansas. “The locks didn’t work,” said Fish, one of nine Kansas residents who sued the state over the law. “You caught a bunch of people who didn’t do anything wrong.” Kansas' experience appeared to receive little if any attention outside the state as Republicans elsewhere pursued proof-of-citizenship requirements this year. Arizona enacted a requirement this year, applying it to voting for state and local elections but not for Congress or president. The Republican-led U.S. House passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in the summer and plans to bring back similar legislation after the GOP won control of the Senate in November. In Ohio, the Republican secretary of state revised the form that poll workers use for voter eligibility challenges to require those not born in the U.S. to show naturalization papers to cast a regular ballot. A federal judge declined to block the practice days before the election. Also, sizable majorities of voters in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and the presidential swing states of North Carolina and Wisconsin were inspired to amend their state constitutions' provisions on voting even though the changes were only symbolic. Provisions that previously declared that all U.S. citizens could vote now say that only U.S. citizens can vote — a meaningless distinction with no practical effect on who is eligible. To be clear, voters already must attest to being U.S. citizens when they register to vote and noncitizens can face fines, prison and deportation if they lie and are caught. “There is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that only American citizens can vote in American elections,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, the leading sponsor of the congressional proposal, said in an email statement to The Associated Press. After Kansas residents challenged their state’s law, both a federal judge and federal appeals court concluded that it violated a law limiting states to collecting only the minimum information needed to determine whether someone is eligible to vote. That’s an issue Congress could resolve. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, a strong support of requiring new voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship when registering, answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, in his office in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna) AP The courts ruled that with “scant” evidence of an actual problem, Kansas couldn’t justify a law that kept hundreds of eligible citizens from registering for every noncitizen who was improperly registered. A federal judge concluded that the state’s evidence showed that only 39 noncitizens had registered to vote from 1999 through 2012 — an average of just three a year. In 2013, then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who had built a national reputation advocating tough immigration laws, described the possibility of voting by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as a serious threat. He was elected attorney general in 2022 and still strongly backs the idea, arguing that federal court rulings in the Kansas case “almost certainly got it wrong.” Kobach also said a key issue in the legal challenge — people being unable to fix problems with their registrations within a 90-day window — has probably been solved. “The technological challenge of how quickly can you verify someone’s citizenship is getting easier,” Kobach said. “As time goes on, it will get even easier.” The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Kansas case in 2020. But in August, it split 5-4 in allowing Arizona to continue enforcing its law for voting in state and local elections while a legal challenge goes forward. Seeing the possibility of a different Supreme Court decision in the future, U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt says states and Congress should pursue proof-of-citizenship requirements. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general when his state’s law was challenged. “If the same matter arose now and was litigated, the facts would be different,” he said in an interview. But voting rights advocates dismiss the idea that a legal challenge would turn out differently. Mark Johnson, one of the attorneys who fought the Kansas law, said opponents now have a template for a successful court fight. “We know the people we can call,” Johnson said. “We know that we’ve got the expert witnesses. We know how to try things like this.” He predicted “a flurry — a landslide — of litigation against this.” Initially, the Kansas requirement’s impacts seemed to fall most heavily on politically unaffiliated and young voters. As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated and 40% were under 30. But Fish was in his mid-30s, and six of the nine residents who sued over the Kansas law were 35 or older. Three even produced citizenship documents and still didn’t get registered, according to court documents. “There wasn’t a single one of us that was actually an illegal or had misinterpreted or misrepresented any information or had done anything wrong,” Fish said. He was supposed to produce his birth certificate when he sought to register in 2014 while renewing his Kansas driver’s license at an office in a strip mall in Lawrence. A clerk wouldn’t accept the copy Fish had of his birth certificate. He still doesn’t know where to find the original, having been born on an Air Force base in Illinois that closed in the 1990s. Several of the people joining Fish in the lawsuit were veterans, all born in the U.S., and Fish said he was stunned that they could be prevented from registering. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab gavels a meeting of the state’s presidential electors in the state Senate chamber to a close, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Schwab championed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters as a legislator but now says states shouldn’t enact one. (AP Photo/John Hanna) AP Liz Azore, a senior adviser to the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said millions of Americans haven’t traveled outside the U.S. and don’t have passports that might act as proof of citizenship, or don’t have ready access to their birth certificates. She and other voting rights advocates are skeptical that there are administrative fixes that will make a proof-of-citizenship law run more smoothly today than it did in Kansas a decade ago. “It’s going to cover a lot of people from all walks of life,” Avore said. “It’s going to be disenfranchising large swaths of the country.” Associated Press writer Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report. 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NoneThe man, whose identity has not been disclosed to the public, entered the self-discipline challenge with the promise of a substantial cash prize for maintaining a set of strict rules and regulations over a specified period of time. The rules of the challenge reportedly included commitments to abstain from certain behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and gambling, as well as requirements to adhere to a strict schedule of workouts and healthy eating habits.Six months ago, the consensus among commentators was that Scottish Labour 's victory at the General Election was likely to be the springboard for Anas Sarwar to become first minister after the 2026 Holyrood election. It looked as if the closest thing to "success" that the SNP could even dream of would be to remain the largest single party by a narrow margin. Perhaps they could somehow cling on as a weakened minority government if Unionist parties were unable to agree on a coalition deal. Actually retaining the pro- independence majority in the Scottish Parliament seemed an unattainable goal. And yet, Find Out Now's new poll for The National is the second in a row, hot on the heels of the recent Norstat poll, to show that pro-independence parties are on course to win a majority of seats in 2026 . Find Out Now's numbers are even better than Norstat's in that they suggest the majority would be as big as the one secured in the 2021 election, when Nicola Sturgeon was at the height of her powers. It's true that the SNP are not as strong as they were in 2021, with the seats projection showing them taking 54 seats, a drop of 10. That would be offset by gains for the Greens and to a lesser extent for Alba, but in practice that would still be enough to make a pro-independence government a near certainty. Although there has been some chatter about the possibility of the Greens installing Labour in power, the numbers simply wouldn't add up for that. Even with the Greens projected to hit an all-time high of 15 seats, they and Labour in combination would have only 34 seats, just over half of what is required for a majority. To reach or get close to the magic number of 65, support from both the Conservatives and Reform UK would be essential. It's impossible to imagine the Greens agreeing to such an arrangement – and that would leave a fifth successive SNP-led government as the only game in town. There are health warnings that need to be applied to these numbers, though. With polls pointing to a pro-independence majority in 2026 being such a recent phenomenon, they need to be treated with caution until there is an established pattern of several polls all showing more or less the same thing. So far, we have only two. The Find Out Now numbers are particularly difficult to place into proper context because they come from a polling firm that has not previously measured party political voting intentions in Scotland on a regular basis. It's known that Find Out Now consistently show a higher Yes vote on the independence question than most other firms do, so it can't be ruled out that there is a similar “house effect” which is producing better figures for the SNP and the Greens. READ MORE: 'Keeps indyref2 hopes alive': John Curtice gives verdict on new Holyrood poll But intuitively the trend shown by both Find Out Now and Norstat makes perfect sense. Labour have continued to drift downwards in Britain-wide polls in recent weeks, due in part to Keir Starmer's ever-deepening unpopularity. There is no particular reason why that pattern wouldn't be replicated in Scotland, or why it wouldn't benefit pro-independence parties. It's also extremely hard to see how the damage for Labour can be repaired in time for the 2026 election – by which point Starmer may actually have moved even deeper into mid-term unpopularity. It's possible that Labour at Westminster might yet panic and attempt a hurried “reset” under a new prime minister, but failing that, the election appears to be the SNP's to lose. Nigel Farage's Reform UK could be set to return 10 MSPs in 2026, a new poll has found (Image: free) And what of the “Farage factor”? A breakthrough for Reform UK is still on the cards, with the projection from the Find Out Now poll showing them on 10 Holyrood seats. But whereas a few months ago the Reform UK surge looked like the killer ingredient putting a pro-independence majority out of reach, it now seems to be far more of a problem for the Unionist side. By taking around one-tenth of the vote on the constituency ballot, Reform are effectively contributing to the scale of the SNP's lead over both Labour and the Tories , which under the electoral system generates a "winner's bonus" for the SNP in terms of seats. A more fragmented Unionist vote also makes cobbling together a non-SNP coalition government a more complicated process, even assuming the pro-indy parties fall short of a majority. It suddenly looks like a very long road for Anas Sarwar.

As Trent Alexander-Arnold , Mohamed Salah , and Virgil van Dijk enter the final six months of their current contracts, clubs outside of the Premier League are watching with interest. While Liverpool will be keen to re-sign three of their most important players before their contracts expire on June 30, the decision could be out of their hands. As part of the groundbreaking 1995 Bosman ruling, clubs from other countries can discuss and finalise pre-contract agreements with players in England up to six months before the expiry of their current deals. Advertisement With so many high-profile players set to be out of contract in the summer, talk of pre-contract agreements will undoubtedly enter your radar in the coming weeks and days. To help you get your head around it all, The Athletic explains how it all works. What is a pre-contract agreement? A pre-contract arrangement is when a player agrees to join a different club at the expiry of their current contract. After the interested club provides written notice of their intent to do so, talks can begin up to six months before the expiry of a player’s current deal. According to the English FA’s regulations, breaches of this requirement can result in penalties. However, interested clubs often covertly contact a player’s intermediaries without express warning to the player’s current club to discuss a potential recruitment strategy well in advance of initiating formal pre-contract discussions. This six-month rule applies only to foreign clubs. For example, a Spanish club can enter pre-contract discussions with a Premier League player in January before a potential summer transfer, but other Premier League clubs cannot. When it comes to domestic free-agent transfers in England, a club cannot engage with a player playing for another club until they have entered the final month of their contract. Article 18.3 of FIFA ’s regulations for transfers states: “A club intending to conclude a contract with a professional must inform the player’s current club in writing before entering into negotiations with him. A professional shall only be free to conclude a contract with another club if his contract with his present club has expired or is due to expire within six months. Any breach of this provision shall be subject to appropriate sanctions.” In England, this rule applies exclusively when trying to sign players at clubs in other countries. But individual football associations are responsible for overseeing their own domestic transfers — and can therefore allow pre-contracts between clubs and players based in the same nation. How long have pre-contract agreements been around? Pre-contract agreements were part of the 1995 Bosman ruling on the freedom of movement of professional footballers. The rule is named after Jean-Marc Bosman, a Belgian footballer who wanted to transfer from RFC Liege in the Belgian first division to the French second-tier club Dunkerque after his contract in Belgium had expired. Advertisement Before the Bosman ruling took effect, players could not walk away from a club at the expiry of their contract. For a player to move on at the end of the deal, the interested clubs would either pay a fee to their current club or rely on that club allowing the player to walk away for free. In Bosman’s case, Liege demanded a transfer fee from Dunkerque after his contract expired in 1990, and the French club were unwilling to meet their valuation. When the deal fell through, Bosman had his wages cut by 75 per cent and was banned by the Belgian FA for not signing Liege’s contract proposal. Five years later, Bosman won a ruling against the Belgian FA, RFC Liege, and UEFA , citing the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which guaranteed the free movement of workers in the European Union. As part of the Bosman ruling, players with six months remaining of their current contract were permitted to begin negotiations with other clubs. What are the benefits? Like signing a player after their contract has expired, a club benefits by not having to pay a transfer fee. One of the most high-profile examples of a pre-contract agreement from the Premier League is Aaron Ramsey ’s transfer to Juventus in 2019. Before committing to the Italian club, Ramsey had reported discussions with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain , but he opted to join Juventus, who offered the Welshman a contract worth a reported £400,000 per week . Based on his basic salary, the deal made Ramsey the highest-earning British player in history. At the time, this arrangement was viewed as beneficial for the player and the club, with Juventus signing a top Premier League player without paying a transfer fee and Ramsey leveraging that situation to earn a large salary. The club also benefits from being able to secure a player’s future before the summer without interference from domestic clubs. Is this rare? While the Bosman rule is frequently used to sign players after their contracts expire, pre-contract agreements are relatively rare in English football. Southampton exercised its functions to sign Brazilian duo Welington and Juan, who are set to join the south coast club from Sao Paulo in January after agreeing terms in July 2024. Still, they remain one of the few clubs to have used the mechanism in the Premier League. In the men’s game, players leaving England for other leagues in this fashion does not happen often, but it’s becoming more frequent on the women’s side. In April 2024, Ellie Roebuck signed a pre-contract agreement to join Barcelona , leaving WSL side Manchester City after eight years. In a landscape where players are offered shorter contracts and players move upon the expiry of their deals more frequently compared to the Premier League, pre-contract agreements fit well in the women’s game. Advertisement However, in countries where the pre-contract agreement mechanism is not applied exclusively to foreign clubs, they are used much more routinely. Famously, Robert Lewandowski signed a pre-contract agreement to join Bayern Munich from Borussia Dortmund in January 2014, leaving one of Germany’s biggest clubs for another. How does it compare to Free Agency in the NBA and NFL ? American sports operate in an entirely different sporting sphere to European soccer, but there are some similarities. First, similar rules regarding ‘tampering’ exist in the Premier League, the NBA, and the NFL. Tampering rules prevent members of an organisation from engaging in discussions with a player to recruit them to their team. This includes formal discussions between executives and owners and players’ representatives, as well as informal player-to-player exchanges and coach-to-player dialogue. Regarding free agency — the period at the end of a player’s contract where they are free to pursue contract offers from other franchises — discussions are not permitted until the first day of the free agency period, which usually falls on the last day of June. However, like in the Premier League, it is an open secret in the NBA and NFL that breaches of the tampering rules occur frequently. It is very difficult for the league to police conversations between players and members of another franchise, and players’ representatives blur lines in all three leagues. Last summer, the NFL sanctioned the Atlanta Falcons for improper conduct in approaching quarterback Kirk Cousins — as well as wide receiver Darnell Mooney and tight end Charlie Woerner — before signing the 36-year-old to a four-year contract. For violating the anti-tampering policy, the Falcons forfeited their original fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and paid a $250,000 fine. However, the salary cap in the NFL and NBA means a greater emphasis is placed on free agency than in the Premier League. There are set periods where trades (typically involving other players, future draft picks and minor cash considerations) can occur in those American leagues, but there is no transfer window where clubs recruit players from other clubs for significant fees. This means players move more frequently at the expiry of their contracts in the NBA and NFL than in the Premier League. Which Premier League players’ contracts expire this summer? Arsenal : Kieran Tierney , Thomas Partey , Jorginho Aston Villa : Robin Olsen , Kortney Hause Bournemouth : N/A Brentford : Ben Mee , Christian Norgaard *, Josh Dasilva * Brighton & Hove Albion: Tariq Lampety, Joel Veltman , Jakub Moder , James Milner Chelsea : N/A Crystal Palace : Remi Matthews , Nathaniel Clyne , Joel Ward , Will Hughes , Jeffrey Schlupp Advertisement Everton : Asmir Begovic , Joao Virginia *, Michael Keane , Mason Holgate , Ashley Young , Seamus Coleman , Abdoulaye Doucoure *, Idrissa Gueye , Dominic Calvert-Lewin Fulham : Kenny Tete , Tom Cairney , Adama Traore *, Raul Jimenez * Ipswich Town : Cameron Burgess , Luke Woolfenden , Massimo Luongo Leicester City : Danny Ward , Daniel Iversen , Jamie Vardy Liverpool: Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah Manchester City: Scott Carson , Ilkay Gundogan *, Kevin De Bruyne Manchester United : Tom Heaton , Victor Lindelof , Jonny Evans , Harry Maguire *, Amad* Newcastle United : Martin Dubravka , John Ruddy , Mark Gillespie , Fabian Schar , Jamaal Lascelles , Emil Krafth , Sean Longstaff *, Callum Wilson * Nottingham Forest : Harry Toffolo , Ola Aina , Chris Wood Southampton: Joe Lumley , Kyle Walker-Peters , Adam Lallana Tottenham Hotspur : Fraser Forster , Sergio Reguilon , Ben Davies *, Son Heung-min * West Ham United : Lukasz Fabianski *, Aaron Cresswell , Vladimir Coufal , Danny Ings , Michail Antonio Wolverhampton Wanderers : Craig Dawson , Nelson Semedo , Mario Lemina *, Pablo Sarabia * There are known clauses for clubs to trigger a one-year extension (Top photo: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)Baker Mayfield threw for five touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stayed in the race atop the NFC South by pounding the visiting Carolina Panthers 48-14 on Sunday afternoon. Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan both caught two TD passes and Bucky Irving rushed for 113 yards as Tampa Bay's second victory of the month against Carolina came much easier than the road version in overtime. Mayfield completed 27 of 32 passes for 359 yards and Evans caught eight balls for 97 yards. The Buccaneers (9-7) collected 551 yards of total offense. The Panthers (4-12) have lost five of their last six despite Bryce Young throwing two touchdown passes to Adam Thielen (five catches, 110 receiving yards). Young finished 15-for-28 passing for 203 yards, but Carolina managed only 39 rushing yards as it played without injured top running back Chuba Hubbard. Both of Mayfield's TD tosses to Evans were short (2 yards, 1 yard). Mayfield's scoring throws to McMillan covered 10 and 16 yards. He also had a 5-yard throw to Payne Durham to open the second-half scoring. The Buccaneers also scored off J.J. Russell's blocked punt return during a 25-second span of the third quarter when they racked up 14 points. Chase McLaughlin kicked field goals of 23 and 34 yards for the Buccaneers, who need to finish with a better record than the Atlanta Falcons in the divisional race because the tiebreaker favors Atlanta, which lost to Washington in overtime on Sunday night. Tampa Bay hosts New Orleans next weekend, while Carolina plays at Atlanta. After scoring on its first possession, Carolina's next three series on offense resulted in a total of minus-6 yards and three punts. The Buccaneers cashed in for 17 points following those defensive stops. The Panthers perked up by going 70 yards in 21 seconds to score on Young's 40-yard pass to Theilen with 50 seconds left in the half. They got the ball back following a Tampa Bay punt, and were in position to post 10 points in the last minute of the half until Eddy Pineiro's 53-yard field-goal attempt was off the mark. Carolina has surrendered more points this year than in any season in franchise history, though Tampa Bay came four points shy of matching the most points ever allowed by the Panthers in a game. --Field Level Media

The journey of the Emirates Stadium began with the vision of enhancing Arsenal's stature both on and off the pitch. The club's move from Highbury to the state-of-the-art Emirates Stadium marked a significant milestone in Arsenal's history, allowing them to compete with the elite clubs in Europe. The inaugural match at the Emirates Stadium on July 22, 2006, against Ajax celebrated a new chapter for Arsenal, filled with hope and promise.The international community reacted with concern to the escalating situation, with calls for restraint and de-escalation from various quarters. The United Nations issued a statement urging both Israel and Syria to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further military confrontations.

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Overall, the late-night surge in China's financial assets underscores the country's growing importance in the global economic landscape. As China continues to deepen its integration with the global economy and push forward with key structural reforms, investors can expect to see even more exciting opportunities emerge in the days and weeks ahead.New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): India's Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to remain at 1.1 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the financial year 2024-25 (FY25), according to a report by ICICI Bank. The report highlighted significant changes in the country's external position in recent months, driven by a widening trade deficit and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) outflows. Also Read | BTS V aka Kim Taehyung Birthday: From Fun Moments With Jungkook to Pranks With Jimin, Here Are 7 Precious Moments of 'Winter Ahead' Singer. It said "We expect CAD at 1.1 per cent of GDP in FY25" In November 2024, India's trade deficit reached a record high of USD 37.8 billion, primarily due to gold imports totaling USD 14.9 billion. Also Read | Stocks To Buy or Sell Today, December 30: HDFC Bank, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra Among Shares That May Remain in Focus on Thursday, Know Which Stocks to Buy or Sell on December 30. Additionally, non-oil and non-gold imports have been on the rise, increasing by 3.5 per cent year-on-year during October-November 2024. On the export side, while oil exports have declined by 36 per cent during the same period, non-oil exports have shown a positive trend. Electronics and engineering goods exports grew by 50 per cent and 27 per cent year-on-year, respectively, in October-November 2024. The report also cautioned that despite government efforts to manage gold imports, the trade deficit is likely to remain under pressure due to a weaker global growth outlook. This is attributed to rising interest rates worldwide, with the U.S. Federal Reserve signaling a higher trajectory for rates. The report "Even as the government is working on reconciling gold imports, the trade deficit outlook is worse because of lower global growth outlook". It stated that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows have remained robust; however, higher outflows driven by exits in India's thriving primary equity market have offset the gains. As a result, the Balance of Payments (BoP) scenario has shifted significantly. While the first half of FY25 saw a surplus of USD 23.8 billion, the second half is witnessing a steep decline. The overall BoP surplus is expected to remain neutral for FY25, with a risk of turning negative if FPI outflows exceed estimates. On a positive note, India's services exports and remittances have seen strong growth, helping to offset the impact of higher gold imports and weaker oil exports. This has ensured that the CAD remains manageable despite mounting challenges in the trade and capital flows landscape. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)"We take the safety and security of our passengers very seriously," the statement read. "We are aware of the incident involving a mother and daughter carrying knives on board one of our trains, and we are working closely with the authorities to investigate the matter thoroughly."After my spa treatment, I ventured into the dining area to sample some of the region's finest cuisine. The menu featured an array of delectable dishes, from steaming bowls of hand-pulled noodles to succulent braised pork belly, all prepared with fresh, locally sourced ingredients that showcased the rich and diverse culinary heritage of Northeast China.