Durian fruit mania

Durian is that Southeast Asian fruit that people outside of Asia love to hate. A lot of it has to do with the aroma. But in Asia, durian has never been more popular, driven in part by the exploding market for it in China. The World’s Patrick Winn has the story from Bangkok.

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