This paper is inspired by Nikolas Rose’s (2007) account of ‘biological citizenship’, and seeks to understand how quotidian practices of consuming Chinese food/medicine can be understood as i) projects of transnational citizenry and ii) forms of identity and collectivization. It aims to bring together historical discourses on Chinese food/medicine, distributed geographies of wellbeing, and modes of calculation to bear on affective bodies. In doing so, it aims to contribute to an expanded concept of citizenry, biological and otherwise.