Raising crabs in desert brings delicacy, wealth to Xinjiang locals

STORY: Raising crabs in desert brings delicacy, wealth to Xinjiang locals DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of breeders fishing crabs in the Lop Nur lake area 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHU NINGNING, Head of Yuli freshwater fish breeding farm STORYLINE: Breeders at an aquatic farm in the Lop Nur lake area at the rim of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are embracing the harvest season of crabs. Local people come to purchase the crabs and experience a delicacy previously unknown to the inland area. Lop Nur lake is a natural lake on the northeast of the Taklimakan Desert, originating from the Tarim River, the longest inland river in China. Thanks to the improving ecological environment in the Lop Nur lake area, freshwater fish breeding became possible in the desert. In 2014, Chu Ningning, head of the Yuli freshwater fish breeding farm, became "the first to try crab" -- by raising

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