From hairy crabs to soybeans, China looks to vast salt-affected wastelands for agriculture

As China enters autumn, a dark, furry-clawed crustacean – no larger than a human palm – becomes one of the most sought-after delicacies in the country. Chinese hairy crabs, a national obsession traditionally raised in the freshwater lakes of the Yangtze River Delta, are now being farmed on a stretch of salt-affected…

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