What is Your Favorite Chinese Food?
There are many stories in the West about the strange and disgusting eating habits of other cultures, especially about Asians and particularly about Chinese people. The stories range from relatively benign tales of dog and cat eating, to nauseating stories of sadistic feasts on the brains of living animals. The Western telling of these tales focuses on the bizarre and barbaric stereotype of The Chinese and what they are liable to eat, and depend on a certain gullibility (or a willingness to believe) on the part of the listener. While some tales have some basis in reality, the point of the telling is often prejudicial in nature; the most sensational stories frequently have no evidence of being true beyond second- and third-hand report
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