Danish people would never expect that the oyster¹ crisis confronting their country may turn into a food-lovers' bonanza² in China. The European country's dilemma³ may be the last thing Chinese people would ever understand as they see the abundance of seafood⁴ as a treat, rather than a problem.

 

丹麦人从来没有想到，他们国家遭遇的生蚝危机可能成为中国吃货的口福。丹麦的困境或许是中国人最难以理解的，因为对于他们来说，这大批大批的海鲜是一种美食，而不是麻烦。
 

 

The Danish Embassy published a story on Monday evening on its official Sina Weibo account, China's twitter-like social network, about the problems for their country caused by an invasion of the exotic oysters⁵.

 

The oysters, known as Pacific oysters, are a new species in Denmark and have caused huge damage to the seashore's ecological⁶ environment.

 

Their proliferation is unstoppable since they have no natural enemies there. People have to get across them in shoes before swimming.

 

What's worse, their occupation leads to the endangerment of the Limfjord, a Danish local oyster.

 

Scientists and fishermen made numerous complaints to the nation's conservation authority but the thorny⁷ issue remains⁸ unsolved. They also encouraged local people to bring them to their dining tables and few were motivated.

 

The embassy makes a small joke in the post to invite Chinese people to eat oysters in Denmark.

 

Chinese internet users enthusiastically responded with much discussion about ways to address the issue on Weibo, then WeChat, another popular social media network.

 

Apparently⁹, when it comes to eating, Chinese people are very serious and they already started to make plans for their oyster journey.

 

The most popular comment came from someone suggesting oyster visas should be issued "with 10 years' unlimited¹⁰ round trips and one-month-long stay and I can eat up them all in five years" received over 10,000 likes.

 

The Danish Embassy is very grateful for Chinese people's innovative¹¹ advice such as building oyster sauce factories and organizing oyster-dining journeys.

 

It also said as long as China permits, they'd love to export oysters to China.

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