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A Fruitful Foray

China and Chile are located on opposite sides of the world. However, many Chinese have tasted Chilean wine or Chile’s sweet and juicy cherries.

The latter are highly prized by consumers nationwide, as they flock to supermarkets in the leadup to the Spring Festival or lunisolar New Year, which fell on February 10 this year, to buy cherries, either for their own consumption or as gifts.

For Fiorella Bonino Sotomayor from Chile, the months around this traditional celebration are crucial.

Fresh surroundings

China was not on Bonino’s horizon until a few years ago. Like many

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