Zhou Qing is a writer, activist and folklorist. Born in 1965, he was imprisoned for two years for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989. He has been a visiting scholar in the US and Russia and is currently chief editor of the magazine Oral Museum. He is also a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Association and of the China Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art.

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Concerns about the safety of China's food are on the rise. In the final excerpt from the Ulysses Award series, Zhou Qing looks at the underside of food production, from opiates in soup to pesticides in pickles.