Snowflakes fell onto the warm palms of visitors, melting almost the instant they touched skin. Outside the exhibition hall in Haikou, Hainan Province, the tropical sun pushed temperatures past 35 degrees Celsius; but here, in one of the halls of the China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a snowmaker hummed, churning out a steady, glittering flurry.
April 30, 2026
2026-04-30