Following the adventures of a Chinese couple in exotic places in South America, the new season of the documentary Top Land is airing on the video-sharing platform Mango TV.
Liang Village sits on the edge of the North China Plain, about 650 miles south of Beijing. The area was settled by migrants who came in waves throughout Chinese history, attracted by the fertile soil in what was traditionally one of the country’s breadbaskets. But its economic promise faded a long time ago. The brickworks shut in 2004; the elementary school, which also closed,