Bacon Ban

Bacon Ban

You read the title correctly: Bacon Ban. China is fighting smog by fighting pork and chicken. Those that smoke bacon and chicken over firewood will face a $800 fine and risk a raid by China’s despised Chenggang, urban management police. They are resented for rough and sometimes lethal attacks on illegal street vendors.

Other cities in China have forced cars off roads, banned fireworks and stopped people from burning the clothes of dead relatives, a funeral tradition in China.

Wang Hua, a restaurant owner says, “The real pollution comes from the chemical plants, not smoking bacon.”