In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge – has done something remarkable: She’s taken the pastoral simplicity of rural China and ...

Her feet sinking into the muddy field, thirty-something Bamei bends over and nimbly plants a handful of seedlings. A few feet away, her husband captures the entire process on an old iPhone. Once the ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge – has done something ...

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