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  • A worker opens a durian for customers at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A worker picks some durian fruits for customers at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0325.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat works on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1059.jpg
  • Customers eat durian at a roadside stall during the Durian Festival in Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 16th, 2019. The tropical fruit has become one of China's latest culinary fixations, sending the export demand and prices soaring, and becoming a point of attraction for tourists who come to Malaysia to try its famed varieties.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Customers eat durian at a roadside stall during the Durian Festival in Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 16th, 2019. The tropical fruit has become one of China's latest culinary fixations, sending the export demand and prices soaring, and becoming a point of attraction for tourists who come to Malaysia to try its famed varieties.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0878.jpg
  • A customer picks up a durian of the Red Prawn variety using a plastic glove at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. China has been opening up its market to many other varieties of durian despite the Musang King variety still holding the highest, most coveted position.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Durian fruits are seen in baskets in Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0305.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0101.jpg
  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Private residential skyscrapers stand on the backdrop of public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0307.jpg
  • Private residential skyscrapers stand on the backdrop of public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0304.jpg
  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0300.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk past public housing built in the 1960s in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A worker turns on the nitrogen gas supply and starts the flash-freezing process after loading durians to be flash frozen for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Workers load a cage of durians to be flash frozen for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1955.jpg
  • A worker loads a cage of durians to be flash frozen for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A worker locks a door after loading durians to be flash frozen for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1976.jpg
  • Emptied durian husks wait to be discarded at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruitlets (seedless durian flesh) are seeded and flash-frozen at the plant for sale to be used in processing durian flavoured foods such as ice cream and biscuits. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Workers check the quality of durian fruits and prepare them for flash freezing for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1801.jpg
  • Workers sort through piles of durian to be sent to other states in Malaysia at Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian distribution centre, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1553.jpg
  • Workers sort through piles of durian to be sent to other states in Malaysia at Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian distribution centre, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1548.jpg
  • Some trophies and awards are displayed in a shelf at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0866.jpg
  • Workers arrange baskets of durian fruits at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0293.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0146.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0151.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0116.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0109.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • People go about their daily lives in a public housing complex built in the 1960s in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Trams run past public housing built in the 1960s in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Pedestrians walk past public housing built in the 1960s in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Vehicles drive along streets lined with residential buildings and shophouses in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 24th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Carrie Lam (2nd from right), Chief Executive of Hong Kong, walks in to the council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. <br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Gary Fan talks to the media in front of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China before the council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council, in Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. Gary Fan is a member of the Neo Democrats, and is pushing for legislation to cut the number of daily one-way permits given out to mainland Chinese coming to Hong Kong as residents.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A worker turns on the nitrogen gas supply and starts the flash-freezing process after loading durians to be flash frozen for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1984.jpg
  • Workers discard durian husks as a large tank of nitrogen gas is seen parked outside a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Durian fruits are flash-frozen at the plant using nitrogen gas before they are exported to countries such as China. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Workers check the quality of durian fruits and prepare them for flash freezing for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Workers check the quality of durian fruits and prepare them for flash freezing for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Workers check the quality of durian fruits and prepare them for flash freezing for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1789.jpg
  • A customer holds a piece of Musang King durian at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0810.jpg
  • A Musang King durian is opened for a customer at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0664.jpg
  • Workers open durian fruits for throngs of customers at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0323.jpg
  • Durian fruits are seen in baskets in Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0311.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0143.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0113.jpg
  • May Han does household chores as her daughter, aged 11, studies in their one room flat in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 23rd, 2019. Han, a mainland Chinese national, was married for 6 years to a Hongkongese gambler, finally divorcing him when they were hounded by loan sharks to repay his debts. Since she doesn't have a Hong Kong Resident's permit, she is not allowed to work, and now survives on odd jobs and on her daughter's monthly welfare payments, as her daughter is a citizen of Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190323-LAT-Single_Mothers-0106.jpg
  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0306.jpg
  • Private residential skyscrapers stand on the backdrop of public housing built in the 1960s stands in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0305.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk past public housing built in the 1960s in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR on March 29th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190329-LAT-Single_Mothers-0283.jpg
  • Pedestrians cross a main road lined with residential buildings and shophouses in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR on March 24th, 2019. Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A variety of durians (from left: Little Red, Musang King, D11) are seen on a table in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1660.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong's workers clean harvested durians on a farm, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1431.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong stands for a portrait at Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • Tan Eow Chong (center right) talks on the phone as people sort through baskets full of durian at Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1742.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong (left) and his protege son Tan Chee Keat stand for a photo surrounded by durians in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1701.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat opens a Musang King durian by hand in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1639.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat stands at a collection point on a farm while his workers harvest durians, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1264.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong's workers harvest durians on a farm as his son, Tan Chee Keat (center) checks the quality of the harvest, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1358.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat (left) talks to a worker as he works on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1085.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat climbs a tree to tie a Musang King durian fruit on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1091.jpg
  • Prized Musang King durians are tied with string while waiting for them to ripen and drop off the branch at a farm owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A Musang King durian tree is grafted by Tan Chee Keat onto a tree of another variety at a farm owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Like his father Tan Eow Chong, an award-winning durian farmer famed for pioneering the Musang King variety through grafting, Tan Chee Keat has taken a keen interest in grafting different varieties to try to develop a variety that could better the Musang King.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
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  • A fallen durian hangs by a string at a hill top farm owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1054.jpg
  • A group of tourists from Hong Kong feast on a Musang King durian on their annual trip to Malaysia to eat durians at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0601.jpg
  • A Malaysian customer returns from London where she lives to enjoy durians during the durian season at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0430.jpg
  • Chinese tourists arrive on a tour bus (unseen) to eat at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and run by his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for pioneering the Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0073.jpg
  • May Han, a single mother of an 11 year old daughter, stands for a portrait while other mainland chinese mothers protest under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0085.jpg
  • May Han, a single mother of an 11 year old daughter, stands for a portrait while other mainland chinese mothers protest under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0087.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0072.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0039.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0020.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong (left) looks on as people sort through baskets full of durian at Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1721.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong (left) and his protege son Tan Chee Keat stand for a photo surrounded by durians in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1709.jpg
  • A Musang King durian is seen in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1653.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat opens a Musang King durian by hand in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1613.jpg
  • Customers take photos outside the stall after buying durians in Durian Kaki, Tan Eow Chong's roadside durian stall, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1601.jpg
  • A freshly-dropped durian is seen in a net waiting to be picked up by Tan Eow Chong's workers on a farm, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1476.jpg
  • A freshly-dropped durian is seen in a net waiting to be picked up by Tan Eow Chong's workers on a farm, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1463.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat picks up a high quality durian from a pile of harvested durians on a farm, in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1449.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat looks up at an award-winning 29-year-old Musang King durian tree on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1199.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat looks up at a durian tree in the rain as he works on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1215.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat inspects his Black Thorn durians and tiny flowers on a branch on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1151.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat checks the fruit on a grafted Musang King tree on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1119.jpg
  • Tan Chee Keat climbs a tree to tie a Musang King durian fruit on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong and his family in Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1105.jpg
  • A board displays the wide variety of available durians in both Chinese and local names at a roadside stall during the Durian Festival in Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 16th, 2019. The tropical fruit has become one of China's latest culinary fixations, sending the export demand and prices soaring, and becoming a point of attraction for tourists who come to Malaysia to try its famed varieties.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0917.jpg
  • A customer splits open another section of a Musang King durian at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0850.jpg
  • Durian husks strewn on a table after a group of tourists from Hong Kong had finished their meal at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0681.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong's son, Tan Chee Wei (center), chooses durian fruits for his customers at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0235.jpg
  • Tan Eow Chong's son, Tan Chee Wei (center), chooses durian fruits for his customers at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0217.jpg
  • Chinese tourists arrive on a tour bus (unseen) to eat at Durian Kaki, a roadside fruit stall owned by Tan Eow Chong and run by his family in Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on Sunday, June 16th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for pioneering the Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190616-LAT-Durian-0037.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0094.jpg
  • May Han, a single mother of an 11 year old daughter, stands for a portrait while other mainland chinese mothers protest under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0086.jpg
  • May Han, a single mother of an 11 year old daughter, stands for a portrait while other mainland chinese mothers protest under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0083.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0033.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0008.jpg
  • Mainland mothers living in Hong Kong protest together under the guidance of the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) during the Council meeting on reforming immigration and admission policies in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, in Hong Kong SAR on 20th March 2019. They demand for an increase of the number of one-way permits given to Mainland Chinese to live in Hong Kong and become permanent residents, so that they can work for their livelihoods and live permanently with their families in Hong Kong.<br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190320-LAT-Single_Mothers-0014.jpg
  • A worker checks the quality of durian fruits and prepare them for flash freezing for export at a small processing plant owned and run by Tan Eow Chong and his relatives in Relau, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on June 17th, 2019. Tan Eow Chong is an award-winning durian farmer famed for his Musang King variety, and last year exported 1000 tons of the fruit to China from his family-run durian empire, expanding from an 80 acre farm to 1000 acres.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/PANOS for Los Angeles Times
    20190617-LAT-Durian-1892.jpg
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