04-17-2006, 01:58 PM
...I'm gonna guess it's beijing yarou, but that's just a literal translation (and given the audience here, I could just as well post beijing pigu for all you know 
). It's become known in the west as Peking so most restaurants will still market it as such. Peking duck is like veal - the animals are force-fed and not allowed to walk so they get grossly fat - it's about as cruel a form of food as there can be, really.
For the record, Greg, I absolutely want to go to Beijing for the Olympics. You seem to doubt my resolve. But - and this is a big butt (or big pigu if you rather) - wushu did not make it in so the chances of doing it for work are pretty slim. Right now, I only go to China for work. And it's a freakin' boatload of illegal aliens full of work whenever I go. China is working on a wushu tournament that will run in conjunction with the Olympics, but have no official relationship with it. OK, fine, I'll go to that if I can get there. It's all very up in the air still. I'm actually trying to get out this year for another big tournament, but that's looking slim too. Keep your fingers crossed.
). It's become known in the west as Peking so most restaurants will still market it as such. Peking duck is like veal - the animals are force-fed and not allowed to walk so they get grossly fat - it's about as cruel a form of food as there can be, really. For the record, Greg, I absolutely want to go to Beijing for the Olympics. You seem to doubt my resolve. But - and this is a big butt (or big pigu if you rather) - wushu did not make it in so the chances of doing it for work are pretty slim. Right now, I only go to China for work. And it's a freakin' boatload of illegal aliens full of work whenever I go. China is working on a wushu tournament that will run in conjunction with the Olympics, but have no official relationship with it. OK, fine, I'll go to that if I can get there. It's all very up in the air still. I'm actually trying to get out this year for another big tournament, but that's looking slim too. Keep your fingers crossed.
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