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Chinese-American on American-Chinese food

chinese_takeout.jpgIt wasn't until we read this interview in Salon with Jennifer 8. Lee (and that's not a typo, folks), New York Times journalist and author of the book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, that we suddenly realized that it has been forever since we've had beef with broccoli or General Tso's chicken. We think it's because we haven't made room in our ordering agenda given the unbelievable amount of variety and selection in Shanghai in terms of Chinese food. The interview definitely wants to make us read the book as a way to cross-check and validate our experiences as a Chinese-American raised on American-Chinese food (go Panda Express!).

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By Eric Hu in on March 12, 2008 4:52 PM

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Today's Links: FedEx, Kobe and sex hotlines


  • Shanghai in hot debate over pets

    "The anti-pet brigade, angered over noise and mess from domestic cats and dogs, is lobbying the authorities for tougher restrictions on pet ownership, as the number of people keeping them without a license increases."



  • FedEx plans new domestic China service

    "FedEx's domestic China service will flow from its hub at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in east China's Zhejiang province. ... Domestic carrier Okay Airways will provide air transportation, using three Boeing 737 jets." Okay!
  • Scandal brews over China tea-for-urine samples
    "A group of Chinese reporters came up with a novel idea to test how greedy local hospitals were -- pass off tea as urine samples and submit the drink for tests."
  • Chinese Restaurant Food Draws Criticism
    "The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found. A plate of General Tso's chicken, for example, is loaded with about 40 percent more sodium and more than half the calories an average adult needs for an entire day."
  • Chinese tourist in 23,000 euro duty-free wine spree
    "A Chinese man bought carry-on wine and spirits worth a record 23,000 euros (15,600 pounds) at Paris airport's duty-free shop -- including a bottle of 1806 cognac that might have slipped through the fingers of Emperor Napoleon."
  • Kobe has top-selling jersey in China, U.S.
    "The Los Angeles Lakers' star has the top-selling jersey there, while sales of Yao Ming's jersey in his home country continue to fall, according to results released by the NBA on Tuesday."
  • FedEx to start next-day China service
    "FedEx will launch the next-business-day domestic express service May 28, with time-definite service to 19 cities and day-definite service to more than 200 cities across the country, the company said."
  • Dean at top Chinese university fired
    "A dean at one of China's most prestigious universities has been fired after criticizing the school's administration on his blog."
  • Poison dart shooter found at Hong Kong race track
    "Police in Hong Kong are investigating an elaborate device found embedded in the turf at a world-famous horse track apparently designed to shoot poison darts at the animals at the start of a race."
  • Chinese Travel Website Lost RMB60 Million Over Two Years
    "Although it has been in operation for less than two years, Aoyou.com, a joint venture between China Youth Travel and Travelport, has reportedly suffered a loss of RMB60 million."
  • CNNIC Pushes China's Youth To Use .CN Domain Names
    "Following the recent one yuan .CN domain name promotion in China, it has now turned its eyes to teenagers in China and is advocating them to use the .CN domain names."
  • Experts dismiss claim Shanghai will drown
    "Oceanographers yesterday dismissed claims by a British journalist that rising tides will engulf Shanghai, Tianjin and other coastal cities by 2050."
  • More locals rush to marry foreigners
    "The average age gap between Shanghai women and their foreign husbands is 10.5, and 13 percent of the foreign husbands are 20 years older than their local brides, the report said."
  • Sex line says callers just want to talk
    "When the city's first sex hotline for the middle-aged and elderly opened in August, operators quickly found out that many of their callers' biggest problem was loneliness."
  • Chongqing's incredible house gets a face
    "While the local media could not publish about the most famous house in Chongqing, the stories kept on spreading on the internet, often hardly based on any facts. But that forced national media like CCTV to bring the story and Venture160 did a great job in translating the interview."
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    By Dan Washburn in on March 23, 2007 12:37 AM

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    General Tso: 'You were a bloodthirsty foe, but your chicken is delectable!'

    The New York Times Magazine has an interesting story about General Tso's Chicken, probably the most famous "Hunanese" dish that most people from Hunan Province (or anywhere else in Mainland China, for that matter) have never heard of:

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    By Dan Washburn in , on February 6, 2007 10:19 AM

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