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A Tale of Cotton Pickers

2008-03-27WANGHAIRONG

Beijing Review 2008年1期

WANG HAIRONG

When autumn settles in the rolling cotton fields in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the fluffy snowy flowers burst out of their shells, the cotton harvest season arrives. For farmers like Wu Caixia,a resident of Linze County in northwestern Gansu Province, it is time to embark on their journey to the cotton fields in Xinjiang.