Editor’s Note: Next time you’re out shopping, pick up some jujube fruit. These little red dates are believed to have originated in China where they’ve been cultivated for more than 4,000 years. Packed with nutrients and antioxidants, this ancient superfruit boasts impressive health benefits. Jujube can be eaten dried or fresh and taste like Granny…

Continuous rainfall for more than ten days has caused the lower reaches of the Luo River in China’s west to spill their banks. Large volumes of floodwater released from upstream has destroyed two dams in one county, and villages are flooded. Local jujube growers and those in animal husbandry have suffered serious losses. The autumn…