Street Food - Beijing - 14 July 08 - Part 2

China's economy is expanding at an astounding rate - but its waistlines are too.

The food of the streets tells the story of a culture torn between tradition and modernity, the customs of an ancient past competing with the convenience age of the new. What will survive and what will be lost? In a China which has gone within two generations from mass starvation to mass obesity, what does the future hold?

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• china
• street
• food
• prices
• obesity
• beijing
• culture
• olympics
• al
• jazeera
• tony
• cheng

[lujia]

way to go off topic... from street food to why kids are fat...

[crock703]

I wouldn't say the friendliest, but still great people and great culture. The govt is the only frustrating thing about China.

[SinnieZhao]

Oh my god... I never knew the place where my family came from is getting fatter kids! Seriously, we shud all just close down fast food restaurants. It might taste good, but it's for our own good. Gosh and they shud really put a law about drinking beer at such a young age.

[dontbluf]

kids are fat because of eating junk food from the US ... macdonald for example...

[kumarpassion]

A Masterchef prepares soggy, oily and bland fried noodles...

[MyNamesNotLuke]

@NotMuchAlive It's AlJazeera. Next to the BBC, I'd say it's the second largest News organization in the world. No duh they have 20,000 Videos.

[ricebunnygirl1]

i am chinese and i love china and wales england

[Uprising771]

chinese ppl didnt use dairy products for centuries, but recently began usage due to western influence. western countries where cheese and milk is the norm actually have higher levels of osteoporosis. dairy products are NOT health food and neither is the newly introduced bakery food and soda. Phizer is already making big profits from cholesterol drugs in China due to consuming a western diet and their financial future will remain bright if the popularity of the western diet keeps rising in china.

[rancidbhoy]

i cant wait to go over there and try the street food im gonna be there in january 2012 and then flying up to shanghai spending 5 days in each trying the many cullinery delights ...

[mauriceh995]

i swear i started smelling lovely chinese food being cooked when the reported was cooking.

[ciciliciousnyc]

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