2024-11-18
26 分钟Discussion keeps the world turning.
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Coming up, here's something interesting among the Chinese diaspora, while others garden, Chinese families around the world are busy planting fresh vegetables, and some are turning it into a profitable business.
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And now on Roundtable, as we turn our attention to this particular topic, the love for farming among Chinese communities is sparking a fresh trend abroad.
While the Brits are known for adorning their backyards with flowers and manicured lawns, Chinese families, no matter where they are in the world, apparently often go straight to planting vegetables.
From Japan to Italy and beyond, they're growing fresh produce not just for their own dinner tables, but for their neighbors and local community, too.
So tell us what's going on.
This might be a little bit of a stereotype of a stereotypical view.
Yeah, I was going to ask, is this true?
I didn't know about this, but this.
Is very much maybe imposed by Chinese people.
I remember back in the 1990s when my parents went to the US to get their degrees and work for a few years among 90% of the Chinese families at the time who were all, well, in our social circle, were poor international students.
If they can find a small plot of land, they will plant vegetables and even raise chickens if you can.