When this American woman tasted the locally grown coffee while on a journey to Yunnan, China, she was amazed by the great taste. In fact she described it as the best coffee she had ever enjoyed. However, the local farmers had never imagined their coffee could have such enormous commercial potential. So Sahra and the farmers established a close partnership to set up a Shangrila coffee shop. On her business journey, Sahra experienced countless wonderful journeys to the Yunnan region.
In today's net check we get Chinese reaction to the unrest in nearby Thailand. Dozens of people there have been killed in the battles between red shirt protesters and the military.
The bloodshed followed a more than two month stand-off between thousands of protesters and the authorities in Bangkok. The anti-government red shirts have been calling for fresh elections and what they call 'real democracy'.
The military crackdown began on Wednesday morning after weeks of negotiations failed to disperse protesters, many of whom are followers of Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister ousted in a 2006 military coup. Soldiers clashed with militants, some of whom were armed with assault weapons.