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    Harvesting Happiness

    Jan 09, 2020 4 minutes
    By Ji Jing
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    On the sides of a road in Haozhiba, a village in the southwestern province of Yunnan, bougainvilleas are in full bloom. The inconspicuous flowers are flanked by bright red modified leaves called bracts, which look like rosy clouds from afar.

    The plant species was introduced into the village by Zhu Youyong, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and former President of Yunnan Agricultural University.

    Since coming to the village on a poverty-alleviation mission five years ago, Zhu has introduced a variety of plants into the village, including pseudo-ginseng and potatoes.

    The primary residents of Lancang, the county where the village is

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