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Chinese people don't eat dogs lmao. Maybe in the 1300s but not in today's time or at all recently
1 you missed the point 2 a small fraction of people in China absolutely eat dogs. A country with a population the size of China's means a small fraction is still a massive amount of animals. Around 10 million dogs a year and they were classified as livestock not companion animals until 2020. Stating that isn't racist its factual. The Yulin Dog Meat Festival happens every year to this day and will happen in 2026. I have no idea where you're getting the idea it hasn't happened since the 1300s.
https://www.humaneworld.org/en/campaign/ending-chinas-dog-and-cat-meat-trades
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/927167.shtml
https://www.dw.com/en/china-pushes-draft-law-to-reclassify-dogs-as-pets-not-livestock/a-53079433
That's great and all man...but that first website is propaganda. The second one is over 10 years old and the last one was just nine and I didn't even read past the title. You can learn through Chinese residents about their culture and history.
Are you trying to say that dog eating is made up? I feel like you're trying to reject reality so you can feel like you're on the "right" side of things. Objective fact is a thing. I could have gotten sources from the last year or two but I was just trying to show that your assertion about the 1300s is absolutely ridiculous. I used to be very close with a Vietnamese man who talked me through a fair bit of his experience with dog meat prior to coming to the USA (among a ton of other shit). He was a mentor to me while I was finishing my degree. I'm not operating soley on google searches. It just objectively is a thing in a some places. Especially, some Asian and African countries, end of story.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-eat-dogs
That's not what I am saying no. But you're trying to tell me every Chinese person eats dog every day for dinner and then they have a yearly extraganza about it. But when I have friends and family still in China, I'll take their word over some dumbass articles
Lmao you didn't read what I said at all... I literally said a small fraction of China's population eats dogs but with a population the size of China's a small fraction still means a lot of animals... Saying what you just said would actually be racist.
I think you've missed the entire point of the thought.