Chengdu

Southern California is a hotbed for softball talent, so it comes as no surprise that the USA national team’s 15-person roster for the World Games in Chengdu, China, is loaded with local products.

Da Lan, not her real name, applied for a "beauty consultant" job at a clinic in Chengdu, south-western China, on a popular recruitment website in March 2024.

BBC Eye spoke to dozens of victims, and met three including Da Lan in Chengdu, a city that has set out to become China's "capital of cosmetic surgery".

The perfect bite is the Chengdu fried rice — it is so f— good and the best fried rice I’ve ever had in my life.

My favorite Sunday restaurant is Chengdu Taste, and I’m ordering a lot.