Chinese food

love Chinese food, while others hate it. Some people love modern art; others hate it. Some people like trucks while others prefer sports cars. We are all having our own unique experience in life - leading to things we like and don 't like, that we think are good or bad - sourced out of the totally unique entity we each are. How is it that you determine what 's true for you? Have you ever thought about that? Why do you prefer the beach or the mountains? Why do you love or hate Chinese food? Why

Influence on the Collectivism of Chinese Customers Behavior in the Fast-food Industry Yu Wang a, Changbo Shi a, Yalan Gu b, Yong Du c,* Tourism Management & Cuisine School, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, P.R. China b School of Cross Cultural Communication, Newcastle University, United Kingdom c School of Computer Science & Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China a Abstract With the development of Chinese economy, the importance of Chinese market is

also generate an organisational challenge, as disparate cultural backgrounds can often cause unintended misunderstandings (Li, 2011). The primary aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of an organisational merger between an American and a Chinese healthy food company, which will be situated in China. The authors of this paper will be acting as consultants, aiming to identify the cross-cultural barriers between the United States and China. Both organisations have identified the international merger

to look into the Chinese culture and interviewed a friend of mine from China. We had decided to go to the International Expo together and since we had become friends a year ago, my initial impressions of her and her culture were not from the expo. Since we had never discussed food ways before, I took this as an opportunity to better understand her and the Chinese culture. As we were walking around the expo, some of her friends were at the small table with three types of Chinese sweets for sale and

The Cuisine of Barbarians The journey of the Chinese-American immigrant is characterized by conflicting identities and culture clashes. In his novel, The Barbarians Are Coming, David Wong Louie captures the struggles of this journey. Using food to symbolize the Chinese-American cultural clash, Louie writes about the life of Sterling Lung, a 26 year-old American born Chinese. Sterling’s American Dream is to become a white, middle-class American. In order to do so, Sterling believes he must become

cuisine that fuels civilized, white society. As a result, Sterling wishes to adopt western-style foods. He believes white foods are “real” food, and recalls how his “family flirted occasionally with real food. What real people ate” (76), which was food served from boxes and cans and Swanson TV dinners. This white food, served with every item organized into its own department, served as a sharp contrast to Chinese cuisine with everything mixed together. As Xu explains, “to identify with the national ideal

From 1849-1965, Chinese immigrants relocated to America for a variety of reasons. These immigrants brought with them their language, culture, and customs. Countless of these traditions and customs have been adopted by the United States (“Chinese”). Over the years, Chinese immigrants have assimilated into society, but certain elements of their culture still remain. In Amy Tan’s short story “Fish Cheeks,” the remaining Chinese culture is noticeably evident. When Chinese immigrants came to America

it also enabled Cantonese parents to socialize their children into the Chinese culture through the language and social practices involved in the meal and the ritual and meaning surrounding the tea. However, to Chinese-Americans such as myself, going yumcha with native Chinese people also emphasized my American identity due to my food choices. Yet when I go yumcha with non-Chinese people, I become distinctly aware of my Chinese identity when they fail the language or rituals of this tradition. The

her pride of Chinese culture to dismiss Richard’s ignorance. Believing that “[E]verybody knew that the Chinese people had a superior culture” (68), she overcomes this unexpected humiliation and places herself in a superior position to overlook Richard’s racial discrimination. She also came to the conclusion that “foreigners were simply unwise in the ways of human nature” “they hadn't even learned how to peel a clove of garlic the way the Chinese did”(69). This comparison through food, that Jade Snow

(Wang). The dragon can fly to wherever it wants so that it decided to take a rest in the street of Bellaire in Houston of the United States in 1870. The dragon left its 250 descendants here and formed a so-called Chinatown here. At the beginning, Chinese people did not have the sense of local American dream because of language problems and lack of knowledge. They could not interact with local Americans so well based on their culture and living habits; they had no ideas how to talk to Americans. Fortunately