We went on a little drive of about 3 hours each way. Kind of North and West of the City. It was nice to get out of the city for a day. The province is called Hebei and is suffering from the drought that has hit Northern China. Worst in 50 years apparently. The winter wheat isn't going to happen for some folks. Others have had some help from the Government which has provided some irrigation, diversion of rivers as well as cloud seeding. So after poking around we finally stumbled across a farmer who would talk to us. He is hopeful, but this year is a right off. He won't be planting this spring unless he gets some rain.
The story rain on Saturday nights show. What I like about my travels are the faces. This guy has a very weathered look and you can almost see Mao in the lines on his face.
Oh and by the way, after 110 days in Beijing it finally rained. Of course it was the same day we filed the drought story.
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