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A popular Chinese mukbang streamer named Pan Xiaoting passed away on July 14, 2024, while she was doing an eating challenge on a livestream. The 24-year-old content creator is known for doing extreme challenges online, consuming vast amounts of food for long periods, sometimes 10 hours and more.
According to Hankyung, the autopsy revealed that Xiaoting died due to overeating. Her abdomen was found to be deformed, and her stomach contained an excessive amount of undigested food. The streamer reportedly consumed about 10 kg or 22 pounds of food in individual meals.
Mukbang streamer Pan Xiaoting's death comes three years after China outlawed binge-eating content
Pan Xiaoting's death has sparked a lot of debate on social media. However, it must be noted that the incident comes three years after China outlawed mukbang and binge-eating content in the country.
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As per Vice, the Chinese government passed an anti-food waste law in 2021 that outlawed citizens from ordering too much food from restaurants and other eateries in an attempt to curb waste.
Mukbang has been staple food content in Asian countries such as South Korea for some time. Usually live-streamed or uploaded to platforms like YouTube, such videos feature content creators eating various types of foods for entertainment. These broadcasts have become quite popular in the west as well, with many Asian streamers translating their content into English.
The 2021 Chinese law essentially prohibits binge-eating of this kind, with state officials citing the need to secure the nation's food supply as one of the reasons for outlawing over-ordering.
Online platforms such as TikTok and other Chinese social media websites have censored and taken down a lot of mukbang content. However, it seems that the practice is as popular as ever, with many content creators and streamers, such as Pan Xiaoting, still regularly making such videos.
