jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: jia runs a 200-acre mixed farm in the hills of eastern shandong province with her hband 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 language] jia: [speaking in foreign language] jia: [speaking in foreign language] lydia: rural influencers like jia are a blooming subset of china's $200 billion livestreaming industry. in china, social media platforms like tiktok are seamlessly in