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Dalian, China
5 customs and traditions in Dalian — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Dalian has hosted a major fashion festival since 1988 and takes the association seriously.
Beach culture in summer, and organised cold-water swimming clubs in winter.
Forty years of Japanese rule and a Russian founding left an unusual architectural mix.
The city was laid out on a radial plan around squares, and public life still happens in them.
The catch landed and auctioned early; the markets are a spectacle in themselves.
