Since the situation improved in China and production resumed at factories, Sunvim, which is the official towel supplier for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, alone was able to export 53 percent of China's total towel products to Japan in the first three quarters of this year.

Although Sunvim's towel exports to Japan accounted for 53 percent of China's total towel exports to the country in the first three quarters, it paid tariffs to Japanese Customs and meanwhile saw its competitors in Vietnam paying zero tariffs to ship their goods to Japan, due to the two countries' free trade agreement.

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Bookstores turn innovative to attract digital-age consumers and stay afloatE-books, e-book readers and e-commerce may be transforming the publishing industry as well as people's reading habits globally, but the brick-and-mortar bookstores aren't in the mood to throw in the towel just yet.

The old man often dresses as a local shepherd - with a white towel wrapped around his head and a long-stemmed tobacco pipe pinned on a short goatskin coat.

After he finishes, the bathroom heater automatically dries the floor, the electronic towel rack dries his towel, and there are safety handles equipped in the bathroom so that Wang won't slip and fall.