Kyrgyzstan: China’s Economic Influence Fostering Resentment

Eurasianet ^ | April 28, 2011 | Chris Rickleton

[cunning_fish]

Gulsara Rysulbekova, a retailer at Bishkek’s Osh Bazaar, refuses to buy Chinese foodstuffs. “Chinese rice is made out of plastic,” she says. She then points to a sack of red-brown rice grown in Kyrgyzstan’s Uzgen province. “That is what real rice looks like. If I stock Chinese rice, my customers won’t buy it. How can they make plov with Chinese rice?”

[Yet_Again]

Perhaps this article could be re-titled “Chinese Lack Of Quality Control Sparks Resentment”.

[Jack Hydrazine]

You’d think that China would get it right with rice of all things.

[SunkenCiv]

“Chinese rice is made out of plastic,” but at least the Chinese haven’t skimped on the chemical contaminants. Thanks cunning_fish.