35 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:@liuzhou on the bag of rice there is what looks like a European building. Am I seeing things?
It certainly looks European. Here is a closer look.
China's packaging and advertising is not known for its veracity. I've seen pictures of all sorts of very non-Chinese stuff on packaging for very Chinese foods.
That said, however, there are many European looking buildings in China. Qingdao, home of Tsingtao beer, for example, looks German (mainly because it was built by Germans) and there are replicas of most of the world's landmark buildings all over the place -Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Leaning tower of Pisa, etc.
As it happens, I have one friend from the town where that rice is produced. I will see her on Monday and will ask her if that building is really there or not.
Incidentally, the town in question was the scene of one of the worst atrocities of the cultural revolution.
