The norms that govern food selection and consumption in China are quite different from those encountered in the West. This analysis examines the role of food in Chinese society from its historical, medical, social, and cosmological perspectives (Anderson, 1988). After considering food in China ...
aAs the overall food consumption in China continues to rise, the country faces serious problems of food waste. Currently, over 200 billion Yuan’s worth of food is thrown away annually nationwide, in the meantime, some 128 million Chinese are still struggling below the poverty line and lacking...
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The per capita direct consumption of staple grains has decreased, and the consumption of non-grain foods such as meat and fish, ligneous foods, vegetables, and fruits has increased. The Chinese have more choices in what they...
urbanization-related government policies such as the so-called “Vegetable Basket” initiative to phase out farmers’ markets in favor of supermarkets. Analyses of fresh food consumption in China highlight the importance of several demographics, particularly often highly price-sensitive mi...
膳食结构foodconsumptiondietarypattern根据1990和1995年国家统计局省市食物消费数据分析居民豆类及豆制品消费减少,城市居民动物性食物消费过量,谷类消费下降,其提供热能比... 王玉英,陈春明,何武 被引量: 56发表: 2000年 Food consumption and dietary pattern in China during 1990-1998 Based on data of food consump...
With improving Chinese living standards, the optimization and upgrade of resident food consumption will have an important impact on the demand for agricultural resources. Here, we analyze changes in Chinese food consumption and agricultural resource requirements based on a cereal equivalent. We found tha...
In what way constitute food and the consumption of food important markers in China? How is this related to a gradually more dominating Chinese consumerism? Culturally speaking food is generally used as a common marker for social identity but can therefore also constitute a marker serving to high...
Changes in the levels and composition of food consumption in China In China, the expenditure on food has been increasing (at current prices) in both rural and urban areas, but its proportion in total consumption has decreased (see Table 4, local currency values are converted to US$). In 19...
The aims of this paper are to propose an econometric model for studying consumption convergence, to apply the model to a set of panel data from China, and to discuss various implications of research results. Major findings of the paper include (a) conditional convergence is confirmed for total...