Wet Markets And Mao: The Brief Modern History Of Chinese Meat Eating

There is an interesting bit of history that connects COVID-19 pandemic to Mao’s Great Leap Forward.

The consumption of wild animals has a long history in China. However, the great famine spurred the indiscriminate consumption of the meat of any wild animal that could be captured.

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