Milk and Chinese Children

For all the adoptive parents overseas who have asked about milk and Chinese children, given the numbers of lactose intolerant adults in Asia, here is what we have seen:

Milk has become quite popular in the major cities due to the availability of refrigeration, spoil-proof packaging, and marketing. This results in children in China drinking milk. They are also eating cheese (Dominoes and Pizza Hut have hit China for better or worse).

Earlier, suan nai (sour milk or yogurt) was the only milk product available because it did not spoil.

Just in case you were curious!