china is currently investing heavily in neighbouring tadjikistan's agriculture. but restrictions apply: everything produced on tadjik soil has to be sold locally. so at least for now many feel this could be a win-win situation. these workers have been laboring since early morning in the cornfields of yavan in the former soviet republic of tajikistan. their bosses are from china. they've leased about one thousand hectares of land near the capital dushanbe. the chinese didn't even have to pay to lease the land. but the workers here aren't complaining. they get more than average pay. "we like to work here. they pay us on time and we also get food for our lunch break. translator yang yizhan is indispensable especially when representatives from the local authority come by. he studied management in russia and calls himself oleg. many tajiks speak russian because of their country's history. but in future, it's china that wants to play a big role here. >> "we don't have enough space in china. there are so many of us and there's not enough farm land. tajikistan is a small