Photographer Li Wei, better known as Dameng, captures how avocado farming transformed ethnic communities in a small southwestern village
Three years ago, when Li Wei returned to his hometown, Menglian, he was pleasantly surprised by the sight of avocado trees blanketing the surrounding mountains. Bordering Myanmar, Menglian is an autonomous region for the Dai, Lahu, and Va ethnic groups that once relied primarily on tea planting and tourism. Now, it makes up nearly 80 percent of China’s domestic avocado production.
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