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    Milestones

    May 28, 2021 2 minutes
    By Charlie Campbell/Shanghai

    DIED

    Yuan Longping

    Created a land of plenty with hybrid rice

    CHINA’S TRANSFORMATION FROM A LAND OF FAMINE TO ONE OF plenty owes much to plant scientist Yuan Longping, who died on May 22 in the central city of Changsha at the age of 90. Known as the father of hybrid rice, Yuan pioneered the

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