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Global warming reshapes almanac for tea growers in China's Yunnan
By Ryan Woo
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Provincial officials blame climate change for the greater frequency of drought in recent years, warning that rising temperatures threaten losses in crop production.
Extreme weather will also rewrite tea-growing seasons among the ethnic minority groups living in Yunnan, such as the Aini, to which the 49-year-old Que Liu and his family belong.
Production seasons in Yunnan, which for centuries had been part of a tea trading network linking Tibet and imperial China, have been dictated more by the taste buds of wealthy tea-drinkers in the last two decades.
But this year, the worst drought since 2010 slowed the growth of new leaves, delaying the picking season 15 days and slashing output.
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