The modern Chinese diet is also relatively new (think decades) and china has high rates of diabetes and heart disease and stomach&#x2F;colon cancers are on the rise.<p>Come back in 50 years and we&#x27;ll see how well the Chinese have coped with their modern diet. I&#x27;m guessing it won&#x27;t be so well.<p>I once took a cooking class in Beijing for home cooks (I speak mandarin and the class was for locals, not foreigners).<p>The amount of sugar going in some popular dishes was crazy (literally handfuls).