The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[Pepper]

There are generally two kinds of Voynich theories: the solution kind (providing some specific plaintext for specific parts of the MS, be it labels, lines, etc) and the origin story kind, of which your Chinese theory is an example.

I think it's both. 

I think the origin story is not at all convincing but that's largely irrelevant to whether the solution is correct or not, so it's a shame to get bogged down in arguments about it. Once we can read the manuscript there will hopefully be internal clues as to the why and who of its creation, but at the moment no speculation is falsifiable.

The solution part of the theory IS falsifiable. Jorge has even suggested a plaintext for the recipes section. Falsifying it won't be easy but also not impossible, if somebody is sufficiently motivated.