According to Isaac Yue, an associate professor of translation at the University of Hong Kong and a scholar of Chinese gastronomy literature, translating Chinese food names into English is simply ...

With the new name, the Seoul government hopes to draw a clear line between Korean kimchi and Chinese pickled vegetables – the latter of which are called pao cai (泡菜) in China.

The South Korean government has apparently decided that kimchi should no longer be referred to as pàocài 泡菜 (“pickled vegetables”) in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but should have its ...