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IN 1983, Zhang Jiawang, a farmer in Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province, contracted 10,000 mu of sandy wasteland. He and his family were determined to turn this barren landscape into an oasis of grass and trees. But Zhang would never realize this dream; he died of bone cancer four years later. Zhang’s widow, Niu Yuqin, an ordinary country woman, remained determined to carry on with her husband’s work. She named this wasteland “Jiayu Tree Farm,” taking the “jia” from her husband’s name and “yu” from her own. With the
IN 1983, Zhang Jiawang, a farmer in Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province, contracted 10,000 mu of sandy wasteland. He and his family were determined to turn this barren landscape into an oasis of grass and trees. But Zhang would never realize this dream; he died of bone cancer four years later. Zhang’s widow, Niu Yuqin, an ordinary country woman, yet determined to carry on with her husband’s work. She named this wasteland “Jiayu Tree Farm,” taking the “jia” from her husband’s name and “yu ” from her own. With the