Pao Cai v Kimchi: Chinese, South Koreans clash on social media, East Asia News & Top Stories


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SEOUL (REUTERS) - China's efforts to win an international certification for pao cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan province, is turning into a social media showdown between Chinese and South Korean netizens over the origin of kimchi, a staple Korean cuisine made of cabbage. Beijing recently won a certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) for pao cai, an achievement China's state-run Global Times reported as "an international standard for the kimchi industry led by China". South Korean media swiftly disputed such a claim and accused the bigger neighbour of trying to make kimchi a type of China-made...