Planting my career

Updated: 2010-11-24 09:55

By Yu Chenkang (chinadaily.com.cn)

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Xia Xiukui is a senior at China Agricultural University. When he graduates as a mechanics major next yearc. 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.

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Translation: Yu Chenkang & Nelly Min

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