Yes, and it very popular in China. Cheap all-you-can-eat 'Teppanyaki' to very expensive Sushi restuarants.

I do not eat raw fish anywhere in the world. Not anymore--too much risk for too little benefit. But I'm sure plenty of people here do. I would steer clear of sushi in China unless you are at a top hotel or well-reputationed independent Japanese restaurant and the source of fish is beyond reproach. I know of plenty of people who indulged and got sick as dogs from tainted fish (local) or poor standards of cleanliness. Japanese cuisine is not my favorite so my data points are insufficient to give you proper guidance, but moondog should be able to point you in the right direction on this, at least for Beijing and Shanghai.

I tend to eat most things when travelling in a rather inconsistent way -- will try to drink bottled water, but will have salad vegetables when offered to me (tend to order them less frequently). Never had any trouble on my three trips to Beijing.

On this last trip, had Japanese food at a place called Isshii I believe, in Wudaokou -- wasn't too adventurous, but the food was OK. I'm usually fairly picky about raw fish in the US/UK but feel that giving in to paranoia will stop me eating full-stop when travelling in developing countries.

tb

Should be fine as long as it's not labeled as organic :D

I have had sushi/sashimi in China in places that range from five-star hotels to takeaways. I am yet to observe any problems.

Sushi is good. The better places source directly from Tsukiji Market using air freight.

Eh, I'd eat it without thinking twice about it. Now if it were covered with flies that's a different story, but I'd say you'd be fine.

Keep in mind you'll very rarely get sick by eating bad foods in China, it's more likely you're body's not used to the foot.

In all my time in China I have yet to get sick from food once. And I call myself adventurous eating foods from all sorts of street stands and small places. It's all about being smart and careful.

What Jiejie said above is what your doctor would recommend. Try asking him about heavy metal contamination. No amount of peeling or sanitary scrubbing will get rid of them. A small amount of heavy metal poison isn't going to kill you. So, try and avoid a build up of heavy metals in your body from the food you are going to eat in China.

I'm a big fan of Dukoral, it lets me feel comfortable being a little more adventurous when trying foods.

Big fan of its psychological effects? Although dukoral has some efficacy against a proportion of traveller's diarrhea, it's primarily effective against cholera, which the average traveller to major chinese cities has nothing to worry about. If one is very concerned about traveller's diarrhea, take a few days' of cipro with you, and self-treat if symptoms arise.

tb

I've never encountered any psychological effects, nor has anyone who I know that has taken it.

It is prescribed and is effective protecting against travelers diarrhea.

No, Dukoral is not just to avoid Cholera, but also prevents ETEC infections, which are the no. 1 cause for traveller's diarrhea in certain regions.

Where are you located? I believe Dukoral is not available in the USA to the general public.

My sister who lives in England suggested we get it for travels to countries where the food and water are iffy. She swears by it for her travels. My husband has a doctor appointment next week and he's going to ask if he can get a prescription. We are in the US.

If we can't get it here maybe we can get an internet prescription from Canada.
if not, I may have my sister send me some from England.

The food in Beijing is safe. In restaurants they serve the food damn hot. One example, I had ordered pork. When they brought me the meat you could see the meat was still boiling in the sauce. And the vegetables was cooked most of the time. Nothing happened to me. I also ate at KFC/Mc Donalds some times because I wanted food damn fast and I could move on quickly after looking up what I was doing after lunch.