This issue of the Times I liked the article by Michael Wines, "Once Banned but Now Pampered, Dogs Reflect China's Rise" because I have always been mortified by the issue of dog meat. Growing up my grandfather would always tell me I was eating dog or cat if I was eating Chinese food.
This article harps on China's increasing economic rise, from "impoverished peasant to first-world citizen." I was really happy when I read that although dog can still be found in some restaurants, nowadays they can mostly be found in loving homes, being pampered. The rise in domestic dogs is said to not only be due to China's economic rise but also because of its one child per family law. Many households are buying dogs for companionship for their children. It sounds like the dog industry is actually getting bigger than it is in America. "Beijing officials say, 900,000 dogs as well, their numbers growing 10 percent a year.
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