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When North Koreans cross the border into China, they are stunned to learn that the Chinese can afford to eat rice daily, sometimes for three meals daily.

— Barbara Demick

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals.

— David F. Houston

Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.

— Jennifer Lee

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.

— Shaun White

Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!

— Jeff Smith

Personally, I enjoy a bowl of brown rice for breakfast most of the time.

— Kathy Freston

Chicken, brown rice, and veggies is a great healthy dinner option. It's full of whole grains and protein, and will keep you full for a long time.

— Mia Hamm

In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.

— John Burdett

There are eight or nine leading varieties of rice grown in Japan, all of which, except an upland species, require mud, water, and much puddling and nasty work. Rice is the staple food and the wealth of Japan. Its revenues were estimated in rice. Rice is grown almost wherever irrigation is possible.

— Isabella Bird

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

— Calvin Trillin

✗Opposing Perspectives

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

— Ray Liotta