Do they eat dogs?

 Upon others at his school being told that he is from China, my son Tony has been asked twice if Chinese eat dogs.  Tony tells me that he has responded that some do.  I wonder about the spirit in which these questions are asked.

I have been told by many an adult student in China of their losing a loved pet dog and their suspicion that the dog was taken to be eaten.

Having lived in China so long, I had forgotten that trope. It’s neither here nor there for me.