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FILE PHOTO: People walk in the Central Business District on a rainy day in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Recent rainfall in northeast China, the country's breadbasket, has relieved drought across most of the region and replenished soil moisture, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday, adding that autumn grain is maturing at a normal rate. (Reporting by Ningwei Qin and Dominique Patton; Editing by Himani Sarkar)