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Lin Yaping: a new farmer reshaping Chinese notions about farming
27 minutes Posted Jul 26, 2022 at 4:00 pm.
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​Thirty-nine year old Lin Yaping runs a family farm based in a suburb of the city of Suzhou in eastern China, growing strawberries, corn and other kinds of fruit and vegetables. Describing herself as a new generation of farmers, the university-educated woman has overcome one obstacle after another to shatter long-standing stereotypes about farming and farmers in China.