OK, I get it now, the grandmother said it. Well, she ought to be an authority. Well, maybe she is not. She did not have the authority to pack the childs lunch. Seems only the authorites in the U.S. have that authority and in China they can eat whatever they darn well please and probably do eat just about anything.
Now there is a thought for you, imagine if the parents had sent their child to school with unshelled shrimp or black snails.
Tho China has introduced many free-market revisions into their economy and life, it is still a centralized command economy. 2 examples... People are being told where to move to new outlying cities built by central command—Fact. Churches must register and their is still religious prosecution—Fact.
The Chinese government reserves the right to dictate foods being grown (fact) , why not consumed?
We were only talking about school lunches. Im no fan of China. Sorry you missed the humor