Xinhua Headlines: Modern tech propels high crop yields in China's Xinjiang

URUMQI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- For Haila Cherza, a 67-year-old cotton farmer in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the old tradition of harvesting with heavy manual labor is a thing of the past. The new reaping approach has been made possible by automatic machines equipped with self-navigation systems.

"Cotton yields and profits were low in the past. However, we now use machines for sowing, plowing