Calling Fangcun a pet market might be a little misleading. The dogs, cats, and fish sold there are in fact intended to be pets. The turtles unfortunately are mostly sold for consumption. Chinese believe that eating turtle meat will increase their longevity. Though most everything we buy in the US is made here in China, a large percentage of the turtles for sale at this market in Guangzhou are bred in the US. Who says we don't have a healthy bilateral trade partnership with China?
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