I am just trying to evaluate the Turkish version of this text and I had already asked Belhassen for a bridge. But the English translation is a bit different. So here is that bridge, I think it will be useful for you too
"Chez nous en Chine, il n'y a pas de vie sans le plateau (l'assiette) de riz ; d'autant plus que j'ai besoin de baguettes pour manger."