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Rizhao defies latitude limits to become a green tea powerhouse

By Chen Zebing in Rizhao, Shandong and Chen Liang | China Daily | Updated: 2025-06-09 08:46

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Workers tend tea tree seedlings in a greenhouse at the demonstration park in Lanshan district on May 23. CHEN ZEBING/CHINA DAILY

Located at 35 degrees north latitude, tea cultivation was once deemed impossible in the coastal city of Rizhao in Shandong province.

Previously, the academic community widely believed that "tea trees cannot be grown north of 32 degrees north latitude".

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