When I was preparing to come to China for the 2nd time, I chatted on the internet with a girl I had a met during my first trip here, and asked if she wanted me to bring her anything from Israel. Her response was: “please bring me a dog”.

Chinese are often quite surprised that in many countries out of China, dogs can be obtained for free (or for a token fee to cover vaccinations). As it appears, some also do not realize the troubles of getting one through customs, not to mention backpacking with it for several months. A dog in China will typically cost several thousand RMB. In the past a special license was needed as well, which might go towards explaining why almost all dogs found in the cities are very small.

Coming at such a price, dogs tend to get much more attention than their countepart western mongrels. One of the ways this attention is expressed by is providing them with clothes. The motive is to protect the poor doggies from the cold; it is interesting to note, however, that this habit is most popular in the major cities of Guangdong province, where temperatures rarely reach below 10 degrees Celsius:

While many Chinese do eat dogs (dog meat is considered very good for your health), eating these city-dwellers is usually scorned upon. The reason for this is that dogs eaten in China are specific breeds which are bred and raised for these purposes in special “dog farms”. Some may consider this hypocrisy, but to me it makes some sense: I guess it is similar to how an American might watch the movie “Babe” jugar a la ruleta rusadownload casinocasinos espana portales webganancias casinos pagina webjugar seguro portales webpremio portalesslots comjuego instantaneo internetjugar seguro pagina internetganar dinero portales internettragaperra internetjuego interactivo portal internettragaperra paginas internetjuego interactivo internetcasinos la­neajuego casino pagina web,juegos casino paginas web,juego casinojuegos seguros pagina webpromocion casino portalcasinos paginas internetapostar jugar portaljugar paginas internetonline gamesapuesta dinero pagina internetjugar video pokerplay video pokercasino online ruletajuegos instantaneos paginas webslot machines spielenroulette online spielenslotmaschine spielenonline kasinoscasino video pokerroulette gratis spielenwww roulette detop online kasinosslots gamecasino net pokervideo poker spielecasino spiele downloadkasino gamesjack black online spielenonline casino roulettekasinospiele,casino spiele,kostenlose casino spielegambling onlinegratis casino spieleonline casino forumbest online casinokostenloses kasinosfreeware spiele casinokasino on net and then go have a ham sandwich…