Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming

Update: 2020-11-16

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As Chinese demand for pork grows and grows, traditional small-scale farms are being replaced by vast, AI-assisted operations that feel more like smartphone factories than bucolic countryside havens. By Xiaowei Wang. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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