Sorry re the spelling, I was looking at an old atlas.

OK, so why is it you can't take cat food to Qingdao? Are there no cats there? Honestly, I don't quite get it. I'm not the most PC person I know, but neither am I the least, and I don't see any implied slur.

Perhaps I'm too mired in the chanty's origins, which are not from a PC time, but we never had anyone react negatively to the song.

If anything I posted here is offensive to anyone, I apologize. I think the concept is a sound one, and I believe there are other cargo rhymes that would work for Chinese ports and wouldn't offend a soul.