Would you eat produce farmed in China?

I think the Chinese life-expectancy has risen in the last two decades. It currently averages at 73 years. The point here is that its not about American food or Chinese food or Japanese food or Russian food. People need to eat food that's locally produced.
And unless anyone of us has had first-hand experience of eating the food of a particular country that has been produced in that country itself, we shouldn't be pointing fingers at anyone.
Every country has its share of organic produce and produce that has been treated with pesticides. Also, every country has its share of diseases. The best thing to do if you're uncomfortable with eating those peas is to go and ask your supermarket why they think its safe to sell them.

I would be wary. Also, I really object to shipping food so far. Recently I picked up some tomatoes at trader Joel's only to notice that they were a product of Holland. Are you kidding me? A Northern European country is shipping tomatoes to southern California in mid-winter?? there is something seriously wrong with this picture.

NO WAY!!

Considering the rich Chinese are buying imported food and imported chopstick and refuse to eat their own food; I refuse to buy anything that's imported from there to eat or use in my kitchen. We actually carry around chopsticks so we're not using the disposable ones since they're soaked in tons of chemicals. When my Chinese friends are avoiding stuff from there; there's no way I'm eating it!

Let us not forget U.S. food issues. Not so sure we can point fingers. The CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.

Peanuts, lettuce, pistachios, spinach, hamburgers, peppers, tomatoes, melons and pepper-coated sausages are among the foods that have sickened and killed Americans in just the last few years. Children are most at risk, with half of food-borne illnesses striking children under 15 years of age.

Nope! I won't even feed my pets food produced in China. There are too many horror stories of tainted food, toys, etc...

With the food scares (tainted baby formula; poisoned pet food; shellfish raised in ponds that are little more than toxic dumps), it has been interesting to watch how the Chinese people who can afford to buy imported food do so (there have been a number of NYTimes articles on this, as well as WSJ as investors see this as a market opportunity). Yes, a certain (perhaps large) portion of this is "status" driven, but some is also safety driven. I agree that whether in the US or China, it is always wonderful to be able to buy direct from the producer (which is why Farmers' Markets are AWESOME!) but when I'm buying in the grocery store, I do my best to avoid "Made in China" foods (and even cookware -- there have been issues with lead in cookware, especially the porcelain types). I'm grateful for the labeling laws that we have but also think we need more. I want to know where ALL my meat and produce comes from (country of origin) as well as ingredients in processed food; I also want to know if my food (regardless of country of origin) is genetically engineered or not.

Yes. Unfortunately.

Mostly because all the Chinese produce I've ever seen or bought from China while staying in China was fresh and organic and I'm still happily alive. Considering the fact the Chinese population is almost 4 times that of USA, 1.5 times that of India and 21 times that of UK, and they're all still very much living and breathing on the food they grow and cook themselves, I see no reason not to eat Chinese produce. I would prefer a bowl of rice and red-cooked pork over supermarket-bought hamburgers any day.
On the other hand, it is cause for alarm if we start buying Chinese-origin produce while living more than a 1000 miles away. If it is a question of ethical eating and sustainability, then yes, I agree that those Chinese peas should go straight back to the shop they came from.

I am still shocked by that story about Whole Foods' "organic" frozen vegetables being from China. This is why I prefer farmers markets... I just have a hard time believing that organic in developing nations (mostly China) is the same as organic in Europe and North America.

Absolutely not! China does not have any regulations for food or health. I'm very surprised that Chinese food products are allowed in the US. What happened to the FDA?

No, I've seen frozen edamame from China. I usually try to avoid Chinese produce & products. I don't trust their "safety" record.

No, because of the difficulty of monitoring pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide use, particularly on industrial items (like apple juice) that may contain produce from many different sources. Local produce from China that is meant to be eaten without industrial processing is an entirely different thing.

I lived in China for awhile a few months back, let me say this, at least where I lived, it some of the best produce I have ever had the pleasure of eating. Maybe it was because I bought everything from a little vendor and had face-to-face communication (or lack thereof), but everything from lettuce to apples, to onions, to cabbage, to squash (to even unrefrigerated meats) tasted great. The tomatoes were loads better than our "tomatoes" here in the States. Red, firm, sweet. Maybe the imported stuff is the same, but when I lived there, and I mean really lived, I ate everything, and NEVER got sick or felt ill. [Take this as one man's experience, or not]

No, not with their safety record.

What I find frustrating is how difficult it is to find the country of origin sometimes. A good example is apple juice where the paper label may have a U.S. company's name and address but virtually hidden, printed directly on the bottle in a manner the light has to strike it in a particular manner to read is "Product of China". No sale.

If the peas aren't out of date, I'd return them to the store, have a talk with the manager and ask for a refund.