China's "down jacket capital" keeps world warm with design, quality push

HANGZHOU, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- As winter chill spreads across the Northern Hemisphere, demand for down jackets surges. Unknown to many consumers, the cozy coats they zip up likely trace their origins to Pinghu, a temperate county-level city in east China that experiences little snowfall.

Situated in Zhejiang Province, Pinghu is home to a modest population of just over 700,000, yet it annually produces more than 20