Employees work on the production line of latiao snacks at the Malawangzi factory in Pingjiang county, Hunan. Anyone who approaches Malawangzi's snack factory in Pingjiang county, Hunan province, is greeted by the mouthwatering aroma combination of chili pepper, peppercorn, cumin and cinnamon. After the flood devastated the county's soybean farms, soybeans were replaced by more affordable wheat flour to create …
Workers use latiao to make a giant tangyuan on Feb 24, 2021, to celebrate the Lantern Festival, in Pingjiang county. However, the labor-intensive latiao industry has offered locals jobs near their homes, and the opportunity to take care of their children and elderly parents, Li said. The average salary for Malawangzi workers is about 6,200 yuan per month, a relatively …
