Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure Series. 2025: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Shaanxi Provinces’ Red Tour. Short videos with transcripts, captioned photos, articles and commentary. The REAL Chinese people you don’t know!

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Photos by Amir

#1: The People’s Café in Jinggangshan is hard to miss, with its massive red façade. Note the infrastructure. World class. Looks like a village in the French Alps or the Rocky Mountains.

#2: Not to be outdone by Starbucks, the People’s Cafe has a lovely bonsai floral and rock arrangement over a small creek running in front. The communist-socialist Red Star of China is stylized with gold traces, which harmonizes with the Chinese national flag.

If you walked by, would you want to take a look? We were sure curious and did not hesitate to give it a go. Plus, we were in the mood to give our dogs (feet) a rest and get a boost of caffeine!

Notice the cameras on the left above. I reported on this in an earlier post (https://radiosinoland.com/2025/08/27/amirjeffs-excellent-china-adventure-27-jiangxi-province-jinggangshan-infrastructure-in-this-4th-tier-city-beats-most-of-the-west-how-does-it-stack-up-to-where-you-live-video-maps-14-photos/). Foreigners see these and cry “surveillance state”! What they don’t realize is that the West has at least as many cameras as China, but they are mostly hidden. The Chinese people demand laws that cameras be in plain view. Much more honest for the citizens.

In the reflection above the entry door, you can see old generation apartments from the 80s-90s. They are tired and don’t look all that great, but they are affordable and comfortable. 

#3: A very inviting entryway indeed. The sign above the door says, “人民咖啡馆“ (renmin kafeiguan = People’s Café). It is no coincidence that it looks just like the People’s Daily newspaper logo below,

And they both are in Mao Zedong’s iconic calligraphy style, which is ubiquitous across China.

The blue sign board with the soldier guarding the coastline says that members of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), upon providing proper ID, are entitled to a free cup of coffee!

Let’s go inside!

#4: Pretty inviting entrance, huh? Who says communists don’t have a sense of taste and decor. The red star with the gold tracers behind it is very classy.

The custom-ordered entry mat has the iconic Red Star of China, the café’s name and then below it says, “Use (drink) coffee and talk about China’s stories”.

Millennial history is never very far from the Chinese soul!

#5: You have to like the trendly use of lime green lighting to go with the overall red theme. We had walked about eight kilometers by then, so we started with iced mineral water and then had our communist coffees!

#6: The ceiling is two floors tall and they installed a mirrored ceiling, which makes the café look even more spacious. Nice touch.

Someone put a lot of thought into the design and decor of People’s Café.

Who said the Chinese just copy and don’t have any imagination or creativity?

#7: The baristas have (beige) brick flooring to work on, like the rest of the café, which I find unusual. Maybe it is easy to keep clean.

You will be hard-pressed to find such a unique and stylish café.

Upper right, they even installed UV bug lights to trap insects that come inside. 

You can see the beautiful bonsai outside, which I mentioned in Photo #2.

#8: Two young baristas busy at work. To be honest, they were a little overwhelmed. A third one to take orders, tend e-payments and serve the tables would have helped, but they took it with dedicated aplomb. They were make our cappucinos as Amir took the photo!

For to-go orders, they have these very stylish takeout bags.

An interesting touch. Their t-shirts say, “Chinese Youth” (华人青年 – Huaren Qingnian). It is curious that the first character, Hua, is in traditional script, not simplified. Traditional characters are used in Hong Kong, Taiwan Province and most Chinatowns around the world. On the Mainland and Singapore, they use traditional characters, when being artsy-fartsy and historical are de rigueur.

#9: Not to be outdone by Starbuck’s, People’s Café has souvenir drinking gear. 

#11: Gear including a tote thermos, which Amir bought. Having to fly back to Taiwan Province, I had to be much more conservative throughout the trip. Amir’s suitcase and backpack were bursting by the end of our voyage!

#12: In China, coffee cups are porcelain, not plastic or ceramic.

#13: Even the paper cups for takeout are attractive, in the same style as the porcelain cups above.

#14: I had to smile when I saw their trash cans in military green, giving them the look of Chinese missles! A subtle way to celebrate China’s victorious communist-socialist revolution.

All in all, a great place to rest and spend a half an hour…

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