jia: [speaking in foreign language] jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: thirty-one-year-old zhao jia had a cadillac, an apartment in the city, and a career with china's largest private education company. she gave it all up to be a farmer. jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: jia runs a 200-acre mixed farm in the hills of eastern shandong province with her husband chen. she's part of a divergent group of young chinese known as fanxiang qingnian, or returning youth. for decades, rural chinese couldn't wait to get out as they sought work in the booming coastal cities. but some are now rejecting costs and pressures of urban life and returning home. jia: [speaking in foreign language] jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: unlike their appearance, china's new generation of farmers is armed with technology, but we're not talking tractors. the tool of choice for returning youth is the smartphone. jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: jia livestreams her farming life and advertises her produce to more than half a million followers on chinese tiktok. jia: [speaking in foreign l

they're also under constant pressure to compete and to conform. male: [speaking in foreign language] zhao jia[speaking in foreign language] male: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: we've collaborated with chinese filmmakers to bring you three intimate stories of young people

they're also under constant pressure to compete and to conform. male: [speaking in foreign language] zhao jiaing in foreign language] male: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: we've collaborated with chinese filmmakers to bring you three intimate stories of young people