Reply #29: A good friend of mine grew up in the Szechuan Province

[Mrs. Overall]

and has lived here for about twenty five years. She has told me not to buy the majority of food imports from China. Her parents send her things like dried rice noodles and Szechuan peppercorns (local products where her parents live), but even at our upscale grocery store that has a fantastic Asian section, she will not buy most products imported from China. So, I no longer buy Chinese products, in general.