Shunned elsewhere as an invasive species, crayfish are close to becoming a national dish in China, where breeding them has become a huge industry. And Chinese have the Japanese to thank for it.

WUHAN: It is lunch time and dealers are busy bargaining and loading trucks with boxes of crayfish in a market in Qianjiang, a city in central China's Hubei Province famed for its crayfish. China to ...

Crayfish dishes are served at a restaurant in Qianjiang, Hubei province. LI FUHUA/FOR CHINA DAILY At an international food festival which recently concluded in Qianjiang city of Central China's Hubei ...

WUHAN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- It is lunch time and dealers are busy bargaining and loading trucks with boxes of crayfish in a market in Qianjiang, a city in central China's Hubei Province famed for its ...

Students listen to an instructor at the "crayfish school" in Qianjiang city, Central China's Hubei province, where they are taking lessons on crayfish cooking. [Photo by Ye Cheng for chinadaily.com.cn ...

WUHAN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Crayfish, usually served spicy with cold beer on hot summer nights in China, has jumped from dining tables to classrooms. A vocational college in central China's Hubei ...