Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating fields of "land mines" instead of the bounty of fruit ...

Leanne Palmerston was about to buy a can of evaporated milk at her local grocery store to make soup for her family. Then she noticed the label had Chinese characters printed on it. "I thought, 'Wait a ...

BEIJING – Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of "land ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. It was supposed to be a typical watermelon crop, or at least that’s what 20 Chinese farmers were expecting.

If we had to pick a favorite summer fruit, watermelon would easily take the top spot. There’s truly nothing like eating a slice of juicy watermelon at a picnic, on the beach, or at a backyard barbecue ...

We could have used a couple of exploding watermelons back in the ’70s, when villains roamed the countryside snatching the fruits of our labor and destroying a young boy’s dream of riches beyond his ...