Speaking of food in Taiwan, Michael Turton says, "Thanks to additives in tofu, the brain cancer rate for vegetarians is ten times that of meat-eaters." I wonder if anyone has really established a link there. But he's right when he claims "Animals are pumped up full of antibiotics". As a matter of fact, people are, too, according to this article in Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal:

In Taiwan, the widespread use of antimicrobial agents in primary care clinics and animal husbandry has allowed the rapid emergence of resistant bacteria.

Whereas on the mainland, all your hear about is rat poison. Actually, over-use of antibiotics is a problem in China, too.