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China Realizing the Ideal of Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet Compiled by fellow initiates in China (Originally in Chinese) [China] While Association members all over the world are earnestly advocating the vegan diet, fellow initiates in China are keeping pace by sharing the Be Veg-Go Green-Save the Planet ideal in several different ways. Their endeavors have received warm responses from the general public. Opening Vegetarian Restaurants The Shanghai Loving Hut opened by local fellow initiates is located in the vicinity of three high schools and has become the favorite of vegetarians and young people. At meal hours, there is always an endless flow of customers. Fellow initiates in Inner Mongolia operate two vegetarian restaurants and a store selling vegetarian foodstuff produced by fellow practitioners. Plans are in place to open a third restaurant. Distributing Flyers and Participating in EP Seminars Since the end of last August, fellow initiates in Inner Mongolia have distributed several hundred thousand SOS flyers and thousands of DVDs, which has received very positive feedback. They have also participated in two environmental protection seminars to share information concerning global warming and the vegan diet. Free Vegetarian Food Tasting At Beijing Language and Culture University and China Foreign Affairs University, fellow initiates held vegetarian food-tasting events buffet-style free of charge. They also played videos on climate change and delivered talks on the diet and environmental protection. Both teachers and students showed great concern about this crisis and expressed their willingness to become vegetarians to protect the environment. Bus Posters Qinghai initiates posted Be Veg-Go Green-Save the Planet public-benefit announcements on 100 buses in Xining to remind people of this important concept. On ten bus routes in Urumqi City, fellow initiates in Xinjiang Province placed posters advocating the message “Go Veg for a Healthy Life.” With the earnest support of the director of an advertising agency, fellow initiates in Wuhan, Hubei Province negotiated a very good price for placing banners on 200 buses. This publicity campaign generated a lot of positive responses. A woman said that upon reading the message, she could not hold back her tears, as she felt that it was a message from the Buddha. She is an animal activist pushing for legislation to prohibit the abuse of animals, and she kindly funded the advertisements on 15 buses. She later had an inner vision—while in a state of full consciousness, she saw a very beautiful, petite lady saying to her: “Well done!” Participating in Major Public-Benefit Activities Local initiates participated in an activity held by the Yunnan Province Environmental Protection Bureau and EP groups from 14 universities, advocating “Love and Care for the Red-beak Gulls (Larus ridibundus) and Building a Harmonious Spring City (Kunming).” They distributed informative flyers and DVDs, which evoked a strong interest in the relationship between the environment and the vegan diet. Several members of the media filmed and interviewed the fellow initiates. In Zhaoqing of Guangdong Province, fellow initiates took part in the third annual Food Festival, where they distributed vegetarian flyers, green shopping bags and DVDs. Recommending Good Books on Vegetarianism As part of an effort to share the message of Going Vegan to Save the Planet, fellow initiates in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, especially those doing business or whose homes faced the main streets, put up posters in their shops or on the outer walls of their houses, recommending the book—The China Study, co-authored by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II, hoping that people would choose the correct diet after reading the truths in this book.
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