A photo taken on May 27, 2021, shows the Yanzike tea garden in Wuyi Mountain, Nanping city, East China's Fujian province. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Now I'll tell you what was so hard about my week in Fujian – it's leaving Fujian. I'm in good company. "It's a place you would never want to leave," Xi told reporters on his March visit to Fuzhou, where he had served as the municipal Party secretary. "I spent the best years of my life here," he added. Reason enough for a return visit.