[aleku]

Well, they are now going to have a hard time proving they are Halal certified.

[karmasimida]

Muslim in China is mainly in Xinjiang and Xi'an province.

It is not difficult to find Halah food in China, just that Halah certified isn't a thing that most people/merchants care about.

[seanmcdirmid]

Xi'an isn't a province, you probably mean Shaanxi (as opposed to Shanxi). Also Xinjiang doesn't have a Starbucks. Xi'an of course has a lot of them.

Non-muslim Chinese love pork, it is by far the most commonly eaten meat in the country.

[sealeck]

> Non-muslim Chinese love pork, it is by far the most commonly eaten meat in the country.

In fact so much so that the meat has an outsized role in Chinese inflation. For example outbreaks of diseases among pigs can cause inflation to skyrocket and collapses in prices can bring similar problems. See e.g. https://www.ft.com/content/058df2fe-ae7a-4be8-93c6-ca9cb46d3... or https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-03/china-eco...

[seanmcdirmid]

Chinese government has a pork reserve like the American government has an oil reserve.

[papertokyo]

Like the Canadian government has a maple syrup reserve.

[sealeck]

I did not know that, that's really interesting!

[theodric]

That's okay, there are no Muslim people in China! (Or at least that's the goal.)

[selimthegrim]

What are they going to rebrand qingzhen as then