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Planting my career

By Yu Chenkang (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-11-23 14:13

Xia Xiukui is a senior at China Agricultural University. When he graduates as a mechanics major next year. Xia, unlike most of his classmates, hopes to become an organic farmer - and since September he has been working as an intern on an organic farm in Beijing's northeast suburbs.

Video & Script: Yu Chenkang

Translation: Yu Chenkang & Nelly Min

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