{"id":371,"date":"2021-09-09T07:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T21:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xalient.in\/2d\/?p=371"},"modified":"2021-09-09T07:48:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T21:48:47","slug":"why-china-loves-pork-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-china-loves-pork-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Why China loves pork so much?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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    1. China consumes around 50-60 million tonnes of pork each year, which is half of what the entire world eats.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. While China’s huge population also plays a role, on the per capita consumption also China ranks 4th.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. There are various reasons why pork is so popular in China.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Reason 1: Pig is a low maintenance animal<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Pigs can be raised on ‘waste’ and while China is prospering now, several severe crises in the past (e.g., 36 million were killed by famine in the 1970s) made low-cost raising a critical factor.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Reason 2: Historical significance<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Pigs are believed to be among the first animals domesticated for food in ancient China around 7000 BC.<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. In Mandarin, the Chinese character for ‘roof’ when written above the Chinese character for ‘pig’ creates a word, which means ‘home’.<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Reason 3: Symbol of societal and economic stability<\/span><\/li>\n
    10. Because pork is the staple diet in China and 70% of all meat eaten is pork, an increase in its price leads to an overall increase in consumer prices.<\/span><\/li>\n
    11. This happens because when pork prices increase, people move to protein alternates, and their prices also increase, thereby creating an inflationary cycle.<\/span><\/li>\n
    12. So, the Chinese government does everything possible to keep pork affordable to maintain societal stability.<\/span><\/li>\n
    13. This includes providing subsidies to pig farmers and buying or leasing millions of hectares of lands across various countries to support pig farming.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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