BUSINESS● ELEVATEDSep 30 · Sep 30, 2026, 10:00 PM
US sanctions forced Xinjiang cotton to adapt, but survival comes at a cost
South China Morning Post · east asia
The fields in Xinjiang’s Awati county – a cotton hub hit by US sanctions – were nearly ready for the October harvest. Yusup Molamaiti, a 36-year-old technician, recalled what it was like manually planting and harvesting 37 mu (about 2.5 hectares or 6 acres) of scattered plots of land. “Planting a single mu took up to three hours with two people laying plastic film by hand,” he said. Harvesting would lock his family into year-round labour, yielding just 250-300kg (551-661lbs) per mu. Today, his...
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