Myanmar watermelon farmers feel pinch as coronavirus hits China trade
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BAGO, Myanmar (Reuters) - In a field in southern Myanmar, Naing Lin Htet stands among hundreds of overripe watermelons he intended to export to neighbouring China but will instead leave to rot because of the fast-spreading coronavirus that has hammered sales."The traders told us not to bring the produce to the border as there are no buyers there," the 43-year-old farmer said. "So we don't dare to bring our fruit."Almost all of his harvest would have been bound for China, he said, but he has..