In meat-loving China, mavericks see future in plant-based protein

There is a growing appetite for plant-based proteins in China, the world's biggest consumer of meat [Getty Images]

Hong Kong, China – Kate Tu, a 31-year-old English teacher in southwest China’s Yunnan province, is used to getting strange looks when she tells people she doesn’t eat meat.

“My family thinks I’m crazy for being vegetarian,” Tu, who lives in the city of Dali, told Al Jazeera. “They don’t understand. They can’t understand. They will never understand this lifestyle.”