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karmasimida | karma 1537 | avg karma 1.87 · 2024-02-22 23:32:07

Muslim in China is mainly in Xinjiang and Xi'an province.

It is not difficult to find Halah food in China, just that Halah certified isn't a thing that most people/merchants care about.

seanmcdirmid | karma 34701 | avg karma 1.77 · 2024-02-22 23:38:54

Xi'an isn't a province, you probably mean Shaanxi (as opposed to Shanxi). Also Xinjiang doesn't have a Starbucks. Xi'an of course has a lot of them.

Non-muslim Chinese love pork, it is by far the most commonly eaten meat in the country.

sealeck | karma 2097 | avg karma 4.91 · 2024-02-23 01:09:49

> Non-muslim Chinese love pork, it is by far the most commonly eaten meat in the country.

In fact so much so that the meat has an outsized role in Chinese inflation. For example outbreaks of diseases among pigs can cause inflation to skyrocket and collapses in prices can bring similar problems. See e.g. https://www.ft.com/content/058df2fe-ae7a-4be8-93c6-ca9cb46d3... or https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-03/china-eco...

seanmcdirmid | karma 34701 | avg karma 1.77 · 2024-02-23 01:19:48

Chinese government has a pork reserve like the American government has an oil reserve.

sealeck | karma 2097 | avg karma 4.91 · 2024-02-23 01:26:45

I did not know that, that's really interesting!

papertokyo | karma 104 | avg karma 1.22 · 2024-02-23 01:41:32

Like the Canadian government has a maple syrup reserve.