In Xinjiang, a farmer can check soil moisture on a phone, send a drone to spray, and sell dried fruit on a livestream. Here’s the step-by-step, ...

A ride-along with a cotton harvester operator in northern Xinjiang, from a 5:40 a.m. spindle check to a 2.2-tonne cotton module rolling onto the stubble — ...

At 5:40 a.m. he is on a satellite-guided tractor. By 4 p.m. he is sitting in a plastic chair, opening irrigation valves 12 kilometers away with ...