A fully automated noodle shop in southeastern China serves a bowl of noodles in just 48 seconds, starting at 9.9 yuan (US$1.4) per bowl with no tip required. Customers are queuing up at the Future ...

Wang Zongxing hoped that opening a restaurant would lead to an easier life after 14 years of working long hours in Shenzhen's factories, but serving the spicy noodles of his central China hometown ...

He has made a fortune selling lamian noodles in Shenzhen since the 1990s. "Poverty forced me to leave home and find a living," Ma said. "When I arrived in Shenzhen, ...