KUNMING, China: From the parched dunes of Arabia to the sun-scorched valleys of south-west China's Yunnan Province, the date palm, often dubbed as "desert bread," has found a second home.
In late August, the wind sweeping through Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City, in Yunnan, carries the caramel-sweet scent of ripening fruit and the promise of a new harvest. Beneath a sky that seldom sees frost, rows of feathery palms rise taller than tractors, with clusters of dates glinting like lanterns against the red earth.
