Chinese cuisine: Quick Facts

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RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Chi’s Asian Cuisine closes on Chenal Parkway, moving to an as-yet undisclosed location • Oct. 28, 2026, 3:00 AM ET (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

A humble oyster pail turned takeout icon: The American story of the Chinese food carton • Oct. 16, 2026, 7:58 PM ET (AP)

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Assorted dim sum dishes including dumplings, spring rolls, buns, and egg tarts arranged on plates and in bamboo steamers, with cups of tea on a restaurant table.

Peking duck; hoisin sauce

Dim sum in Hong Kong

A bamboo steamer filled with xiao long bao soup dumplings, with one dumpling lifted by a white ceramic spoon. Hand holding the spoon is visible.

A woman uses chopsticks to cook food in a divided pot of spicy red mala hot pot at a restaurant table in Chongqing, China, surrounded by plates of raw meat and vegetables.

Street vendors in red aprons and hats serve skewered traditional foods to a crowd of customers at a busy night market in Wuhan, China, with Chinese signs overhead.

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