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In Taiwan tea country, a scramble to adapt to extreme weather

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Meishan/Taoyuan, TaiwanReuters Chien Shun-yih looks out over his withering tea fields in Taiwan’s picturesque southern Meishan township and lets out a sigh. A once-in-a-century drought last year followed by torrential rain this year have decimated his crop and left Taiwan’s tea farmers scrambling to adapt to the extreme weather changes.  “Climate is the thing we […]