Tasty figs get new attention on China's plates, farms

Professor Ma Huiqin is a well-known figure in Chinese wine circles. The expert from China Agricultural University in Beijing hosts regular grape and wine workshops, and she has a formal position with the Ningxia Bureau of Grape Industry Development.

But her secret passion may be another fruit.

"You like figs?" she says after a recent wine tasting. "You must come to see my fig greenhouses. I have amazing figs!"