Editor's Note:
Hot peppers were harvested in Tiemenguan, Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, NW China’s Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region, on November 12, 2018. The hot pepper industry in Tiemenguan has become the main economic crop and the most effective way for the local people to shake off poverty. (Photos: VCG)
Local farmers pick through a pile of hot peppers at the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Tiemenguan, NW China’s Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region, on November 12, 2018. Photo: VCG figcaption > Local farmers load hot peppers onto a truck at the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Tiemenguan on November 12, 2018. Photo: VCG figcaption >