Anthropologist Jinghong Zhang presents a vivid account of the transformation of a cottage handicraft into a major industry—with predictable risks and unexpected consequences.
Jinghong Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University. Her doctoral research explored how Pu'erh tea was manipulated to become a popular beverage in twenty-first century China.

Anthropologist Jinghong Zhang presents a vivid account of the transformation of a cottage handicraft into a major industry—with predictable risks and unexpected consequences. Jinghong Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University. Her doctoral research explored how Pu'erh tea was manipulated to become a popular beverage in twenty-first century China.

Pu'erh tea

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Pu'erh tea

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