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Zhang Lian was born and brought up on a small rural farm in Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Tired of farming, he left his village to start a new career writing poems, first in hand written books and then later in printed volumes. To sustain his creative lifestyle he peddles his books around the local county towns, going door to door selling his poems.
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Producer: Flora Yue
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