Street Food - Beijing - 14 July 08 - Part 1

Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

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Duration: 9:47

Description: China's economy is expanding at an astounding rate - but its waistlines are too.The food of the streets tells the story of a culture torn between tradition and modernity, the customs of an ancient past competing with the convenience age of the new. What will survive and what will be lost? In a China which has gone within two generations from mass starvation to mass obesity, what does the future hold?

Channel: Travel

Tags: al  beijing  cheng  china  culture  food  jazeera  obesity  olympics  prices  street  tony 

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