Zibo

Local government saw it as a opportunity to recreate the instant fame that the town of Zibo enjoyed last year because of its barbecues.

The Chinese vessels – the destroyer Zibo, frigate Jing Zhou and supply ship Qian Dao Hu – carry about 700 sailors and arrived at the Myanmar port Monday.

The small eastern city of Zibo in Shandong province is experiencing an outdoor barbecue craze.

To see this first-hand, we drive a few hours east of Zibo to the outskirts of a much larger city, Qingdao.

In May, the little-known industrial city of Zibo in Shandong province became an unexpected sensation on Douyin, or Chinese TikTok, drawing millions of visitors to its lively barbecue stalls.