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I've been told by friends in China that modern cities like Beijing shut down these markets years ago. It's still a holdover from the huge migration from rural t
by sgustard 7y ago
I've been told by friends in China that modern cities like Beijing shut down these markets years ago. It's still a holdover from the huge migration from rural to urban environments, and a cultural preference for eating wild meats, more so than a cost of living issue.
- alisonatwork 7y agoWuhan is a modern city. I've never been to Beijing but I have visited two of the other tier one cities and I can assure you wet markets still exist there.
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- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoIn places like Singapore (Chinese dominant culture, but different government), wet markets exist, but they don't sell unregulated wild meat. I gather the one in Wuhan wasn't supposed to either, but either enforcement was lacking or they were paid to look the other way.