But think about it in more detail: Westerners are not by any means the only people with a tradition of treating their dogs as darling pets. Nor is occasionally offering up dog meat for a sumptuous meal an exclusively Chinese custom.
但仔細想想，今天許多人把狗兒當寶貝捧在手掌心上呵護，絕非西方特有的「優良傳統」；就像偶爾以狗肉打打牙祭，也絕非中國人獨有的風格。