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James Legge

Jarrod Watt

This is the story of the commerce, culture, cuisine and cure-alls that fuel China's snake economy, from the snake-farming boom in an impoverished village in Zisiqiao to one of Hong Kong's oldest snake soup restaurants.


Presenter: Ernest Kao
Recordings: Tom Wang & Jarrod Watt
Translations: Yuki Tsang & Scout Xu
Voiceovers: Bong Miquiabas, Yuki Tsang & John Elphinstone
Script: James Legge
Production: Jarrod Watt


Inside China: Farming snakes for medicine, meals and money

Snakes hang from a wooden cabinet marked with the Chinese characters "poisonous snake", at a snake soup shop ahead of the Spring Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

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