Mutton brand looks to cut it in foreign markets

Dongxiang, Gansu - Sheep are helping villagers in Dongxiang autonomous county escape poverty, with a fast-growing Muslim mutton brand that is now targeting markets overseas.

Ma Zilin, who started to raise sheep three years ago, has 15 sheep in two new sheepfolds, which earn him a net income of about 10,000 yuan($1,566) a year.

"Before that I only grew potatoes and corn, and had no other income," he said.