Xi Story: Apples of happiness on Loess Plateau

YAN'AN, Shaanxi, June 30 (Xinhua) -- In his orchard on the Loess Plateau, Lyu Liwei, 53, crouched to bag an apple from one of his 300 apple trees, as countless fruits packed in yellow bags hung from the leafy canopy.

A few steps beyond the orchard's fences, the flat ground abruptly ends, revealing a panorama of the plateau, with steep slopes and green valleys basking under the scorching sun.

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