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XIAMEN, China (AP) - Perched on stools, four workers stuff freshly made noodles into plastic bags on the ground floor of the two-story Lin family home. A black-and-white mutt wanders lazily around their feet. Flies circle and land at will.
Bags and basins cover almost every inch of a concrete floor that is partly damp, partly sticky with dough. Weak sunshine through the front door provides the only light in the sweltering room.
These noodles aren't exported; they're only sold locally. But the hidden and unregulated nature of the Lins' business — and countless others like it — helps to explain why China is caught in a food crisis.
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