a durian stall has taken an unconventional approach to attracting customers—having its male workers go shirtless while handling the intense, thorny fruit. A video posted on TikTok by user Durian ...

Yet Chinese consumers can’t get enough of it. China's imports of the fruit have more than doubled in the last five years, and ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.

China’s middle class consumers have been tightening their purse strings, but their appetite for durian – pungent, spiky fruit mostly imported from Southeast Asia – continues to grow.

“Laboratories will be ready to check China-bound durian within 48 hours,” he said, adding that shipments could resume on Monday if the fruit is cleared. Export standard certification should ...

China’s imports of the fruit have more than doubled in the past five years, and Pizza Hut’s most popular pizza in China is now “durian pizza with cheese,” Yum China CEO Joey Wat told the ...