Ice lollipops a hot commodity in cold Harbin

Harbin, Heilongjiang province — one of the coldest places in China — may be this winter’s hottest travel destination. It is seeing sales spike in several related sectors, including food products from local brand Modern. During the three-day New Year holiday, for example, more than 100,000 Modern ice lollipops were sold at a food shop located on the city’s Central Avenue. The large sales volume kept workers busy at a Modern Co food factory in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, local media in Zhejiang reported. “The production base of Modern started operating in 2016 in Quzhou,” said Wang Deping, director of the factory. “We have six production lines whose core equipment is all imported from Denmark and Germany.” “Modern has three food…