(meat is in the image on the packaging, and there is chicken bouillon in the flavour packet)

Context: 北京Běi jīng Mala Instant Noodles is a Chinese instant noodle made in 南街村Nán jiē cūn, a Maoist village in Henan that refused to follow Deng’s liberal reforms and remained communist to this day. The villagers collectively own the Nanjie group that guarantees employment and runs over 20 different enterprises, largest of which produce foodstuffs such as beer, flour, and noodles amongst other things. The workers are paid 30% of the profits as cash and 70% is re-invested into public works. Villagers enjoy free housing, electricity, gas, healthcare, transport and education from kindergarten to university/vocational school. Furniture and essential electronics are also provided to every household for free.

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    for anyone else who was interested: that’s .21 usd, 19.05 ruble, .19 euro, 3.98 peso, 30.81 yen, or .16 pound sterling. Sorry for not including every currency, I just listed the first few that caught my eye in the conversion chart.