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Saturday, October 13, 2001, updated at 14:34(GMT+8)
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Chinese Peasants Make Profits from Crickets

A cricket was sold for the stunning price of 18,000 yuan (US$2,000) in Ningyang County in East China's Shandong Province recently.

The Chinese cricket is known for its bellicosity and recognized as China's first insect. There were cricket fights back in the Tang and Song Dynasties more than 1,000 years ago.

Crickets here in Ningyang County are big in size and good at fighting. The place has thus become the country's biggest market for these insects and has reported over 100 million yuan (US$12 million) in revenue related to this new industry.

A research center and a club have been established here for the crickets. And an annual contest has become part of the International Tai Mountain Climbing Festival.

Ningyang crickets are also sold to the United States, Canada and other countries.







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A cricket was sold for the stunning price of 18,000 yuan (US$2,000) in Ningyang County in East China's Shandong Province recently.

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