Catty1
07-11-2008, 11:39 AM
This tells me that a) the non-Olympic designated restaurants will still do as they d*** well want to, and b) that China is VERY aware how this looks to the rest of the world.
A step in the right direction? Just temporary, I think.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/world/china_oly_dog_meat
Dog meat off Chinese menus during upcoming Beijing Olympics
Fri Jul 11, 9:08 AM
By The Associated Press
BEIJING - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
The Xinhua News Agency reports dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants.
Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs.
Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported healthy qualities.
Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.
South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly."
A step in the right direction? Just temporary, I think.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080711/world/china_oly_dog_meat
Dog meat off Chinese menus during upcoming Beijing Olympics
Fri Jul 11, 9:08 AM
By The Associated Press
BEIJING - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
The Xinhua News Agency reports dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants.
Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs.
Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported healthy qualities.
Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.
South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly."