, since April, most parts of the country have resumed production and life.
Wuhan, the central city in the early stage of the epidemic, also restarted on April 8. Railways and highways once again connected the city. The world of
is finally getting better, at least in China.
(Source: CCTV)
But some people are very dissatisfied with it.
White House infectious disease consultant: It is really shocking that the Chinese food market is still open.
Despite the appeal of the United States, the Chinese food market has reopened
Many students may not have turned around: What do they think about the food market? When the
epidemic just broke out, many people suspected that the virus came from South China Seafood Market . So after the outbreak, everyone called for the elimination of the game market and the prohibition of game trading.
It’s no problem if you eat it and grow your wisdom.
However, when the news was broadcast in some media in the United States and European countries, news changed from "the virus came from the Wildlife Market in Wuhan," to "the Wet Market in Wuhan."
They equated the game market with the vegetable market.
As more and more foreign media add oil and vinegar, the fact has become in their mouths: All vegetable farms in China are selling game, so for world safety, China must close all vegetable farms. It is impossible to verify how many of
are unintentional translation errors and how many are intentional contradictions. But the end result is that a large number of people in Europe and the United States attribute their anger to the virus to the Chinese food market.
(Picture: China is required to close its food markets)
Australian Prime Minister Morrison:
Chinese food markets are a major threat to the health of the world. I hope that the WHO and the United Nations will act (forcing China to close its vegetable markets)
On April 9th, U.S. congressmen from both parties united in a rare joint and wrote a letter asking China to close all vegetable markets in its territory. Representative Graham said that the main reason for such a call is that they have seen the news that some food markets in China have started to reopen.
"There is ample evidence that China's vegetable farms have become the source of health problems worldwide. Therefore, operations should be stopped immediately to protect the health of the Chinese people and the international community from being affected."
"We understand and respect that vegetable farms are Chinese society And an important part of lifestyle. But now it has disrupted daily life around the world, so extreme precautions need to be taken."
Today is Earth Day, and US Secretary of State Pompeo took this opportunity to talk about the harm Chinese food markets are doing to the world. …
"Pompeo asked China to close its food market on Earth Day"
After many cities in China gradually opened up, many foreign media also followed up to take photos. What to shoot? It’s just to take photos of the reopened vegetable markets, and then add them with the sensational title: China, regardless of the safety of the world, the vegetable market reopened
. The pictures in the video are very ordinary, the vegetable market that does not sell game
even the South China Morning Post The media that claims to “know China well” also made this kind of misleading report:
is under terrifying music, and the reporter takes you to a very ordinary Chinese food market
grandma buys bananas
staff handles Seafood Hexian
then interviewed some customers in the market. Customers said they were a little worried about the food market at the beginning, but after their life gradually recovered, they were less worriedThe result of the whole report of
is that the Chinese did not learn their lessons, did not heed the warnings of other countries, and wanted to reopen the food market...
Look at the comments below the video, a strong malicious
"virus comes from here." After this failure, China should be embargoed "
" People are dying, but China has opened a food market?"
"These people are shameless and morally corrupt"
"The world should embargo China, this is the only way"
Although these angers have not yet touched the Chinese, they have already begun to affect the lives of overseas Chinese.
In New York, many food markets in Chinatown are already at risk of being shut down.
(Picture: New York was asked to close more than 80 food markets in the city)
caused China to close the country’s food markets because of the epidemic. Those who can say such things are either stupid or bad.
The stupid group of people originated from ignorance of China's national conditions and ignorance of Asian society. They don't know the difference between a vegetable market and a game market, and mistakenly believe that all the vegetable markets in China are selling game. And use European and American life experience to understand China: Why don't you Asians go to the supermarket to buy food, but go to the vegetable market?
(source: raleys)
If you take great pains to explain to them that vegetable farms are the main source of food for most Chinese people and involve the livelihoods and production of tens of millions of people, the correct way is to regulate management instead of banning them, they will Say:
Okay, I know the food market is part of your culture. But for the safety of the world, you should also take the initiative to give up the backward part of your culture.
Why not eat minced meat?
Paul McCartney: China’s vegetable market is medieval and obscene.
and the bad people are the media and politicians of various countries. is especially for those media who have reporters in China and interview on the spot. As long as you have life experience in China and have been to Chinese food markets, you will know that most food markets have nothing to do with game trading.
However, these people chose to meet the prejudices of domestic audiences. Instead of clarifying the misunderstandings of European and American audiences, they continued to produce these "Chinese people do not regret" news. And politicians also got involved and won the support of ordinary people by criticizing the bad habits of the Chinese...
These people have forgotten that the food market is not only unique to China, but not even unique to Asian countries.
(Japanese vegetable market source: japan web magazine)
In Italy, France, and Ireland, there is a tradition of open-air farmer's market. Most countries with a long history have vegetable markets.
(picture: a vegetable market in Dijon, France, source: culture trip)
(picture: Florence vegetable market, source: tasty tours)
What's more, there are almost nothing like Farmers Market in the United States. When American media like Fox criticized Chinese food markets, they completely forgot that this custom also exists in their own country.
(source: blacksburg)
Not to mention the wild venison and wild boar trade in the United States.
A video on Youtube that teaches you how to deal with hunted venison yourself:
Of course, not all netizens believe in this set of foreign mediaNarrative.
Some foreigners living in China made a video, and showed everyone what an ordinary Chinese food market looks like. More choices, more fresh things. There are no bats or peacocks here, just a place for ordinary people to buy things.
"If you spray China on Twitter or spray the vegetable market, you are completely out of touch with reality."
" Especially in these tense times, many people want to find someone to take advantage of everyone. This kind of psychology misleads the public"
(Source: Chinese Cooking Demystified)
The debate on the food market is actually very similar to the different definitions of game in China and abroad.
When we criticize game trade, we are talking about wild animal products such as bats and bear paws.
However, the Western media and some netizens even criticized the Chinese for eating domestically raised bamboo rats and bullfrogs.
(Photo: British media reports on bamboo rats)
We are discussing how to stop the game trade, but they asked us to close the vegetable market. The psychology of
is essentially a kind of hostility to "non-my race": because we don't eat bamboo rat bullfrog, we don't go to the vegetable market, so Chinese people should not eat it or use it. A logic like
might have been supported decades ago, but now I believe no one agrees.
After this epidemic, we must learn from the pain, do not eat what should not be eaten, and ban what should be banned. But all of this should be based on science, not on what the "developed countries in the West" say, and we will do it.
