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Cricket Fighting

What insect was a prized possession of Chinese emperors, is the subject of a Chinese national pastime, and nowadays fuels many rural Chinese economies? Crickets!

The late Zhu XiaoGang, one of Xi’an, China’s renown cricket fighting referees, explains the culture, history and modern-day appeal of the sport.