Machines replace laborers in cotton fields
(WorldNews China)

Machines replace laborers in cotton fields DATE:2017-10-24 SOURCE:China Daily Updated: 2017-10-24 07:45 URUMQI - Machines are replacing hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who pick cotton in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the nation`s biggest cotton production base. At this time of year, Xinjiang`s growers usually begin hiring workers to pick the crop. However, 116,000 hectares of cotton fields in Shawan county have...