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Chinese farmers see livelihoods threatened by coronavirus pandemic and related economic slump | South China Morning Post

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China’s economy shrank by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, the first contraction in decades as the Covid-19 pandemic forced factories and businesses to close. Chinese farmers have also been hit hard by the pandemic, with the agriculture sector seeing a similar 6.8 per cent first quarter contraction. The So…

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