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Making it home: From sweet corn to sweet success

China.org.cn
| July 9, 2026
2026-07-09

Wang Ailing says that after paying off her debts, she can pick up her children from school every day. Yang Qiubao says she earns more than 100,000 yuan (about USD 14,700) a year and is content with the life she has built. In a small town in Inner Mongolia, more than 300 farming families are building better lives close to home thanks to a single crop: sweet waxy corn.

In Episode 3 of "Making It Home," two women farmers do the math behind a better life.

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