# A question for Chinese people. What do you think of American Chinese food?

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**Created:** [October 28, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-chinese-people-what-do-you-think-of-american-chinese-food/992237 "2023-10-28T19:01:24Z")\
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I bought this book when it came out in 1984. With a little effort you can make a sizable dent into a menu solely in Chinese. I found it very rewarding when I translated something.  
([The Eater’s Guide to Chinese Characters, McCawley](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo5969886.html))

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**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-chinese-people-what-do-you-think-of-american-chinese-food/992237/62 "2023-11-27T23:45:29Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I offered our Chinese waiter a taste of our wine (we’d known him awhile). He frowned and said, “Chinese people do not drink”.

I used to travel to various locales in China for work on a pretty regular basis. All I can say is that is extremely, extremely untrue in my experience. Last trip I thought I might die from [baijiu](https://asiasociety.org/reference/what-baijiu-primer-chinas-infamous-alcoholic-staple-2) poisoning.

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