Harvest gives graduate a taste of the good life

Cultivation of sweet potatoes brought in 420 million yuan last year

A county in China's southernmost province of Hainan has used modern planting techniques to turn its formerly barren sandy soil into a hotbed for cash, with its sweet potatoes becoming a global brand.

Standing on the edge of a field, Wang Wenke took telephone orders from across the country as he oversaw the harvest on a sunny day in Chengmai this month.