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Yannis Tan

In 2016, Luo Zhaoliu left a well-paying job as chief engineer at an electric car component company in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen to return to his home village in the eastern province of Jiangxi.
In the rural mountain community, he started a fermented tofu business that has given his hometown a new lease on life.


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Chinese entrepreneur turns to tofu to breathe new life into rural mountain village

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Luo Zhaoliu quit his high-paying job as an engineer in the city and returned home to start a fermented tofu business


Luo Zhaoliu quit his high-paying job as an engineer in the city and returned home to start a fermented tofu business.


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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Luo Zhaoliu quit his high-paying job as an engineer in the city and returned home to start a fermented tofu business

Video | Chinese entrepreneur turns to tofu to breathe new life into rural mountain village

Luo Zhaoliu quit his high-paying job as an engineer in the city and returned home to start a fermented tofu business