SHUANGFENG COUNTY, China: Liu Deke, 73, puffed away on a roll-up as he threshed stalks of dried rapeseed on a large canvas sheet. Nearby, plumes of billowy smoke from burning stalks drifted across the rice fields.

It was a normal day’s work for Liu and his wife, farmers in Dongfeng village in …
Source: Channel News Asia
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