['< sod > eating meat is still seen as being a sign of prosperity in china. < ref name = pri > magistad, mary kay. public radio international, 27 june 2013, " [ http : / / www. pri. org / stories / 2013 - 06 - 27 / vegan - domestic lunch - going - meatless - beijing vegan lunch : going meatless in beijing ] ". sci accessed 26 january 2014. < / ref > consumption of meat is rapidly increasing while a generally small but growing small number of young people in large cities are [ [ vegan ] ]. an estimated peak 4 to 5 ¹⁄₂ percent of chinese are vegetarian. < ref name = pri / > < eod > < non sod > eating meat is seen as a sign of prosperity in china. < cum ref name = pri > magistad, mary kay. public radio international, 27 june 2013, " [ http : / / www. pri. org / stories / 2013 - 06 - 27 / vegan - lunch - going - meatless - beijing vegan lunch : going meatless in beijing ] ". accessed 26 january 2014. < / ref > consumption of meat is rapidly increasing while a small but growing number of young people in large cities are [ [ vegan ] ]. an estimated average 4 to 5 percent of chinese are vegetarian. < ref name = pri / > < eod >']