Chinese Eye Australia's Outback in $43 Billion Foreign Farming Frenzy
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Yin Jian Zhong pulls off the felt cowboy hat protecting his head from the harsh north Australian sun as he stands in an irrigated field and points to a thin crop of black hair on his otherwise bald pate.
“I lost my hair when I was 35, but now it’s growing back,” the 57-year-old says, before grabbing a bushy green plant studded with small clusters of delicate purple flowers. “It’s because I’m now eating the seeds from this treasure.”