A Farming Family Across the Ocean

In the early 1980s, stories began to spread in remote regions near Hainan, including Guangxi, Guangdong, and Yunnan, about crossing the Qiongzhou Strait. With their belongings on their shoulders and their families in tow, people made their way to China’s tropical island, Hainan. They settled on farms across Hainan and began lives as rubber workers. As society advanced, what would become of one generation of rubber workers after another? This story tells how a generation of rubber farmers put down roots in Hainan’s state-run farms. Only those who lived through it can understand the bitterness…