In American film and television dramas, whenever a character in the play says to order a Chinese takeaway, the next shot is often a white carton shot.

　　　　　　　　This kind of American Chinese take-out carton is called "Oyster pail" in American English. Textual research on the invention process of this paper "oyster barrel" is as lacking in historical data as when hamburgers were invented. There are three theories about the invention time of "oyster barrel": 1890, 1894 and 1908. The general idea is that from the end of 19th century to the beginning of 20th century, most of the workers who collected oysters on the west coast of the United States came from Asia. They made "oyster barrels" by traditional origami in East Asia to store oysters. The size of paper "oyster barrel" is especially suitable for retail oysters, and this packaging method soon spread all over the streets of the United States, and honey merchants also used "oyster barrel" to retail bulk honey.

Which American Chinese restaurant does the "oyster bucket" in American TV series belong to?

　　　　　　　　However, the "oyster barrel" became the standard of American Chinese takeout, but it was not until the popularity of microwave ovens in the United States after World War II and the rise of frozen and semi-processed foods. The efforts of the Chinese catering industry, coupled with the modified (hard to say improved) American Chinese food, are increasingly loved by other ethnic groups in the United States, and American Chinese food packed in "oyster barrels" has been served on the tables of thousands of households in the United States.

　　　　　　　　The "oyster barrel" that often appears in American TV shows is mostly written with "Thank you Delicious Company" on a white carton. In fact, this Chinese restaurant feels like a Chinese restaurant with a big stake in Hollywood, and it is called "Panda Express" (panda express). The group is a chain crocodile of American Chinese food in North America. It was founded by Cheng Qichang, a native of Yangzhou, who was born in Taiwan Province and immigrated to the United States alone. He bought a Chinese restaurant in 1973. At that time, President Nixon’s visit to China and the normalization of Sino-US relations, the China administration presented the first pair of national treasure pandas to the United States, so there was the earliest "panda restaurant". The success of this restaurant lies in that everything from the preparation process of each dish to the selection of ingredients is as standardized as fast food, so that non-Chinese can also go to work. This company has developed many dishes suitable for American tastes.

　　　　　　　　Before getting into the theme, let’s talk about the city where panda express is headquartered. There is an official translation of the name of this city, which is called Rosemead. On the other hand, some American Chinese dishes I introduced are not only available in "panda express". Similar American Chinese food chains include Manchukuo Wok and Great Wall Restaurant.

American Chinese food that is similar to Chinese food.

　　　　　　　　Let’s start with some dishes that Chinese can understand immediately. For example, "Kung Pao Chicken", "Spring Roll" and "Orange Chicken", which Xie Er has also eaten, are either strangely translated into English word by word or spelled with letters, but as long as you see the Chinese names on the menu, you can roughly know what they are, and after tasting them, you won’t feel the taste.

　　　　　　　　"Sweet and Sour Pork" is sweet and sour goo-goo meat. Although this Cantonese dish has been transformed into American BBQ sauce, it is still OK. Because Americans eat more chicken, this dish has a sister version of "Sweet and Sour Chicken".

Zuo Zongtang Chicken: What is sold in American restaurants is basically sweet.

　　　　　　　　The name of the next dish, you have to ponder, what is this?

　　　　　　　　"General Tso’s Chicken" (or Governor Tso’s Chicken) is a very famous dish in the United States and often appears in American TV series.

General Tso’s chicken

　　　　　　　　It is said that it originated from Pengyuan Restaurant in Taiwan Province, China. In the early 1970s, Jiang Jingguo, then the "Executive Dean" of Taiwan Province authorities, went to the restaurant for dinner. As the restaurant was closing, Peng Changgui, the owner of the restaurant, boned and diced the chicken leg, seeded and cut the pepper, fried the chicken pieces and drained them, then mixed them with pepper, chicken pieces, soy sauce, vinegar, minced garlic, Jiang Mo and chopped green onion, and finally thickened them with sesame oil, thus forming a new dish.

　　　　　　　　When Jiang Jingguo asked about the name of the dish after eating, Peng Changgui pretended to be Zuo Zongtang, so he got the signature dish "Zuo Zongtang Chicken".

　　　　　　　　Peng Changgui later opened Pengyuan Restaurant to Manhattan, USA. I.M. Pei invited Kissinger to eat this "Zuo Zongtang Chicken" in Pengyuan Restaurant, and the latter fell in love with this dish. Because Kissinger was the US Secretary of State at that time, for safety reasons, every time he went to Pengyuan Restaurant to eat Zuo Zongtang Chicken, he needed to clear the field. This attracted the attention of American media. After the report of ABC, Zuo Zongtang chicken became a household name in the United States, and as a result, Zuo Zongtang chicken appeared on the menus of many Chinese restaurants in the United States.

　 　 　 　 Jennifer Lee, an American journalist from The New York Times, specifically mentioned in a book published in 2008 that she interviewed many places in Hunan, and the locals said that they had never heard of a dish called "Zuo Zongtang Chicken" in Hunan cuisine. Peng Changgui learned from Li Jingkou that Zuo Zongtang chicken sold in American restaurants is basically sweet, and he felt incredible because he thought that Hunan food should not be sweet.

Li Hongzhang chop suey: It existed before Li Hongzhang visited the United States.

　　　　　　　　Chop Suey is also an American-style Chinese food that uses celebrities. However, unlike Zuo Zongtang’s chicken, there is no Li Hung-chang’s name in its common English name.

　　　　　　　　The menu of the earliest existing chop suey restaurant in the United States is a menu of Hongfa Building in Boston in 1879, and it is now in the American Chinese Museum in new york, which shows that "fried chop suey" existed before Li Hongzhang’s visit to the United States. The name of "chop suey" originated from Li Hongzhang’s visit to the United States in 1896. It is said that Li Hongzhang received a grand welcome in the local area and became the object of attention in the United States for a while. The restaurant merchants who entered the United States in advance successfully carried out a bundled advertising marketing in the name of Li Hongzhang, thus giving birth to the famous "Li Hongzhang chop suey".

　　　　　　　　The American version of "Li Hongzhang chop suey" is made of shredded pork, shredded chicken, shredded beef, shredded celery, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded green peppers, shredded onions, shredded Chinese cabbage or shredded snow peas. When Liang Qichao visited the United States in 1903, he tasted this dish, but his impression was not good: "However, the so-called chop suey is extremely poor in cooking, and there is no eater in Chinese. (Liang Qichao’s Collection of Drinking Rooms, Volume 7, Travels of the New World)

Edward hopper, an American painter, painted chop suey in 1929.

　　　　　　　　Chop Suey, spelled in Cantonese, entered the mainstream American culture as early as the early 20th century. For example, Nobel Prize in Literature winner sinclair lewis’s 1914 novel Our Mr. Ryan and 1922 novel Babbitt both mentioned the chop suey of American Chinese restaurants. Edward hopper, an American painter, painted chop suey in 1929. Apple computer users may be more familiar with another painting by Hope. Nighthawks created in 1942 is one of Apple’s own wallpaper.

Hibiscus egg: Is it white or yellow?

　　　　　　　　"Egg Foo Young". This dish, first of all, should it be white or yellow?

　　　　　　　　According to legend, the hibiscus egg was a local dish eaten by Zhu Shanxiang, an academician of the Qing Dynasty, when he was the examiner in Yunnan. It was named "hibiscus egg" because it was delicious, sweet, soft and smooth, and resembled a blooming Bai Furong. After he returned to his hometown of Tongxiang, Zhejiang, he readjusted his taste according to local eating habits. According to this statement, hibiscus eggs use egg white instead of yolk, so they should be white.

Hibiscus eggs

　　　　　　　　However, the hibiscus eggs brought to the United States by master Guangdong may be yellow from the beginning, and their shape is more similar to preserved vegetables and fried eggs.

　　　　　　　　Anyway, there are dishes fried with meat and vegetables in egg paste all over the world. But some Americans may not know whether "foo young" is a person’s name or a place name. In addition, there is a joke that this dish is called "hibiscus egg" in American Chinese restaurants, and the Hong Kong-style restaurant next door becomes "Omelette".

Fortune cookie: It probably originated from Japanese divination culture.

　　　　　　　　Fortune cookie is the most common American Chinese food in American TV series. But it is obvious that Chinese has not had this kind of catering custom since ancient times.

Fortune cookie

　　　　　　　　There is a saying that "fortune cookie" originated from "Dizhan Pancake" in Japanese divination culture and was brought to the United States by Japanese immigrants at the end of 19th century. During World War II, the fortune cookie business, which was originally dominated by Japanese-Americans, was gradually transferred to Chinese.

　　　　　　　　Fortune cookie has become a symbolic symbol in American culture, and many products have been produced from it. Such as fortune cookie-type jewelry, fortune cookie-type mysterious prophecy ball, fortune cookie on silver plate, etc.

In American Chinese food, vegetables are basically decorations.

　　　　　　　　Might as well make a summary.

　　　　　　　　American Chinese food, which is common in American TV dramas, highlights the sour, sweet and spicy taste that Americans prefer. In terms of cooking methods, American Chinese food is mostly fried food or stir-fried dishes.

　　　　　　　　Vegetables in Chinese food can be said to be mixed with all kinds of flavors, and they can also be served separately. But in American Chinese food, vegetables basically become side dishes and accompanying dishes, and most of them use tomatoes or carrots. Even green leafy vegetables such as kale and Chinese cabbage, which are common in Guangdong cuisine, are mostly replaced by vegetables common in western food such as broccoli.

　　　　　　　　Generally, Chinese restaurants in the United States will prepare several sets of menus, with Chinese and English or English menus for non-Chinese customers.

　　　　　　　　Many Chinese restaurants in the United States also have a Chinese menu to promote liver, chicken feet or other meat products, which may not be suitable for American tastes. Perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of this "dark cuisine" menu. Chinese restaurants in American TV dramas often seem strange and unpredictable. For example, there is a casino underground, and rats are soaked in bottles, and the boss rolls up strange herbs and smokes them.

　　　　　　　　How can I put it? The first Chinese restaurant to be opened on a large scale in the United States was the Guangdong master. In China, not everyone can get used to Cantonese "all-inclusive" recipes, not to mention not many "worldly" Americans. (It is by no means a regional post _)

　　BEIJING, May 19 (Chen Caixia) From 19th to 21st local time, the leaders of the Group of Seven gathered in Hiroshima. Here, they will discuss issues such as the Ukrainian crisis, global energy and AI.

　　However, before the summit was held, the protests of "No G7" and "No war accomplice" were endless. Japan, the host of this time, wants to use the opportunity of hosting the G7 summit to bring in "private goods" and put pressure on China and Russia.

　　Is it a political meeting or a political performance? The summit revealed multiple intentions.

　　Intention 1:

　　Japan wants to be "the leader of East Asia"

　　As we all know, Hiroshima was the place where the atomic bomb exploded during World War II. From the location of the G7 summit, we can see the "small abacus" played by Japan.

　　Time magazine pointed out that Japan, the host country, hopes to use "the tragic history of this city to convince the most powerful democratic countries in the world." Only when they unite can they cope with the so-called "threats from Russia, China and North Korea".

　　But Japan seems to forget that the country that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries, was the United States.

　　Japan hopes to take this G7 summit to enhance its regional dominant position, show the international community that Japan has deepened its "Indo-Pacific concept" and demonstrated its sense of international existence, and at the same time, echo and cooperate with the "Indo-Pacific strategy" of the Biden administration of the United States again, and its purpose is obvious.

　　This time, in addition to the original "small circle" of G7 — — Japan, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Italy, as the rotating presidency this year, Japan has also brought in eight "foreign aid" venues, including South Korea, Australia, India and Brazil.

　　During a series of diplomatic tours at the beginning of the year, Kishida constantly played up the "China threat" and the situation in East Asia with the leaders of G7 and other countries. He repeatedly stressed that Japan is worried about the current regional security situation and even openly threatened that "East Asia will become the next Ukraine".

　　Kishida declared that Japan will become the "leader" of the East Asian order. He also stressed that Japan should continuously deepen its interaction with the United States and NATO, and will fundamentally strengthen its "defense capability."

　　Intention 2:

　　Manipulate nuclear issues

　　According to the Kyodo News Agency, the first day of the G7 summit will publish an outcome document related to nuclear disarmament. Among them, we will take the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as the basis of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime, and create momentum for the "nuclear-weapon-free world" advocated by Kishida.

　　The analysis points out that Japan, while claiming to send a peaceful message of abolishing nuclear weapons to the world through the G7 summit, plays the role of a pawn of the United States and tries its best to seek "nuclear sharing" with the United States to achieve "national security", which shows Japan’s contradictory psychology.

　　In addition, the summit also announced that "Russia’s nuclear threat" was listed as an issue. In this regard, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said that this practice is against common sense.

　　"This is Hiroshima. Imagine that the bottomless line of the United States meets the sad and absurd decision of the Japanese organizer, which is shocking."

　　Zacharova mentioned at a news conference that there is documentary evidence that the United States had planned to launch nuclear strikes against other Japanese cities besides Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

　　In recent years, Japanese right-wing politicians have been manipulating the nuclear issue, trying to push Japanese society to gradually abandon the tradition of nuclear taboo, regard the possession of nuclear weapons as a "normal" national security need, regard the deployment of nuclear weapons as a reasonable arrangement, and finally regard the development of nuclear weapons as a "natural" choice.

　　"The direction of them (Japan) is very clear, and Japan is moving towards becoming a nuclear-armed country within five years." Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in an interview with The Economist in April that Japan has always "wanted to be close" to the United States.

　　Intention 3:

　　America’s wishful thinking

　　Earlier, it was speculated that Biden might cancel the G7 trip because the United States was facing a debt default crisis. However, he left behind the domestic "mess" and arrived in Hiroshima on Air Force One the day before the G7 summit.

　　According to the analysis, Biden will release the signal to the outside world at the G7 summit — — The United States can not only guarantee its strategic interests in the Ukrainian crisis, but also continue to build a "United front facing China" in the Asia-Pacific region.

　　Although the United States tried to "suppress" China with both fists in terms of security and economy, in the face of a series of domestic banking crises, debt ceiling disputes and even political violence, Biden had to announce that he would shorten his trip to Asia and cancel his scheduled visit to Australia and Papua New Guinea after the G7 summit.

　　The New York Times published an analysis article on 17th, saying that Biden’s shortening of overseas trip was "a manifestation that domestic politics in the United States undermined foreign policy, and it happened at a critical moment and in a key region".

　　Reuters also mentioned that Biden’s shortening of the Asian guild will hurt the credibility of the United States in the region.

　　Protests are everywhere.

　　G7 gangs harm others and harm themselves.

　　The G7 summit looks huge, but in fact, the differences and differences among member countries are becoming more and more obvious. French President Macron once said that Europe must reduce its dependence on the United States, resist pressure and stop being America’s "follower".

　　According to the analysis, with the economic strength and influence changing, it is impossible for G7 to dominate the world. If the G7 continues to stir up regional tensions and engage in factional confrontation, it will go against the wishes of most countries and will only harm others and yourself in the end.

　　In the past few days, the Japanese people have held many rallies in Hiroshima. They held various slogans and shouted slogans such as "Don’t be an accomplice in the war" and condemned the G7 summit for "military alliance" under the banner of "freedom and democracy".

　　There are also some Japanese people who say that the G7 summit will not bring peace, but will only bring deeper disasters to the world. If Japan keeps expanding its army, making military preparations and even seeking to possess nuclear weapons, it will only make Japan swallow the consequences of war again. (End)

　　People’s Daily Online, Beijing, July 17 (Reporter Li Qiaochu) Recently, data released by the customs showed that in the first half of this year, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade was 20.1 trillion yuan, up 2.1% year-on-year, and the scale exceeded 20 trillion yuan for the first time in the same period of history.

　　"This breakthrough was made in the context of the complicated and severe external environment and the slowdown of global trade and investment, as well as in epidemic prevention materials and ‘ Home economy ’ Pre-production ‘ One-time pulling factor ’ It is not easy to get it in the case of fading. " On July 13th, Lv Daliang, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistics and Analysis Department, said at the press conference of the State Council Office that the World Trade Organization predicted that the global trade volume of goods would increase by 1.7% this year, which was significantly lower than the average of 2.6% in the past 12 years. Trade slowdown is a common challenge faced by all economies, and the difficulties are more global. Compared with the surrounding economies with published data, China’s foreign trade still shows strong resilience, and its competitive advantage is stable and consolidated.

　　This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the full entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The great development potential released by China’s further opening up is highly anticipated.

　　Wei Song, a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of International Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said in an interview with People’s Daily that the national trade and RCEP along the "Belt and Road" came into full effect and continued to help China’s foreign trade stabilize its scale, optimize its structure and expand its market, as shown in the following aspects:

　　First, the scale of foreign trade continued to expand. In the past 10 years, the proportion of China’s imports and exports to countries along the Belt and Road has increased from 25% in 2013 to 32.9% in 2022 in China. Meanwhile, in the past 10 years, the trade between China and ASEAN has grown at an average annual rate of 9.9%, which is faster than the overall average annual growth rate of China’s foreign trade by 4.3 percentage points, and ASEAN has jumped from the third largest trading partner of China to the largest trading partner. After the entry into force of RCEP, many favorable policies, such as tariff reduction and exemption, cumulative rules of origin, have been implemented, and the economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN have become closer.

　　Second, the foreign trade structure has been continuously optimized. In 2022, China exported 4.44 trillion yuan of intermediate products to countries along the "Belt and Road", an increase of 23.9%, accounting for 56.3% of China’s total exports to countries along the route in the same period. Among them, the exports of textiles, electronic components, basic organic chemicals and auto parts increased by 14.5%, 21.1%, 31.3% and 24.6% respectively. In the same period, the total value of imported energy products and agricultural products was 2.46 trillion yuan and 370.41 billion yuan respectively, with growth rates of 58.8% and 13.4% respectively. In 2022, China’s import and export of intermediate products to other RCEP member countries was 8.7 trillion yuan, up by 8.5%, accounting for 67.2% of the total value in the same period. China’s export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products to other RCEP member countries increased by 13.2% and 20.7% respectively. China’s import structure from RCEP countries was mainly based on simple technology and intermediate technology-intensive manufactured products, and gradually upgraded to intermediate technology and high technology-intensive manufactured products. This aspect reflects that China’s position in the global manufacturing industry chain is constantly moving towards the middle and high end; On the other hand, it also shows the continuous strengthening of the overall scale and strength of China’s manufacturing industry.

　　The third is to promote market connectivity, accelerate the restructuring of the industrial chain, and promote the construction of a new development pattern. In the past ten years, with the joint efforts of all parties, the interconnection structure of "six corridors, six roads, many countries and many ports" has basically taken shape, and a large number of cooperation projects have taken root. China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents with 140 countries and 32 international organizations to jointly build the "Belt and Road". The total trade volume of goods with countries along the route has reached 10.4 trillion US dollars, and the non-financial direct investment in countries along the route has exceeded 130 billion US dollars, promoting the development strategy with countries and regions. At the same time, with the full entry into force of RCEP, ASEAN, as China’s largest trading partner, will bring greater convenience to the flow of factors, market connectivity and industrial integration between China and ASEAN, and help to accelerate the construction of a new "double-cycle" development pattern. Driven by RCEP, China and ASEAN will help to build a more innovative, higher added value and safer and more reliable industrial chain supply chain, and then become an important part of China’s international circular system.

　　According to customs data, in the first half of this year, the import and export of China’s Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port increased by 8.6% and 26.4% respectively, and the role of open platform played an obvious role. On the basis of institutional opening, what supporting roles do the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port play in stabilizing China’s foreign trade?

　　Wei Song said that the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port are important measures for China to optimize the business environment and create a high level of opening up, which has a huge supporting role in stabilizing foreign trade:

　　First, it is conducive to the continuous promotion of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation. China’s free trade pilot zones are determined to forge ahead and explore boldly, and have achieved remarkable results. In the past ten years, China’s Pilot Free Trade Zone has expanded from 1 to 21, forming a pilot pattern covering east, west, north and south, and replicating and popularizing 278 institutional innovations throughout the country.

　　Second, it is conducive to the international economic and trade rules of elevation standards and steadily expand institutional opening. High-level openness is embodied in institutional openness such as rules, regulations, management and standards. It is the goal of the Pilot Free Trade Zone to adapt to the new situation, grasp the new characteristics, and strive to promote the institutional opening of rules, regulations, management and standards. Over the past five years since the establishment of Hainan Free Trade Port, more than 120 institutional innovations have been launched. Driven by a series of trade facilitation measures, China’s customs clearance efficiency has been continuously improved. The overall customs clearance time for imported goods has been reduced from about 4 days in 2017 to less than one and a half days now; The overall customs clearance time for export goods has been reduced from about 12 hours in 2017 to about 1.2 hours now. At the same time, China’s total tariff level is 7.4%, which is lower than the WTO commitment of 9.8%.

　　In the first half of this year, China’s "new three kinds" exports continued to increase. The total exports of electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells increased by 61.6%, driving the overall export growth by 1.8 percentage points. In this context, how to further cultivate and consolidate industrial advantages and continuously gather new kinetic energy of foreign trade?

　　Wei Song said: First, we should vigorously promote the structural adjustment of foreign trade and promote the coordinated development of various foreign trade business entities. Encourage leading enterprises in the industry to extend the industrial chain and improve the level of international operation. Accelerate the formation of a number of large enterprises with transnational operation capabilities that allocate factor resources and lay out market networks on a global scale. Encourage the development of innovative, entrepreneurial and labor-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises, and support enterprises to take the road of "specialization and innovation" and coordinated development with large enterprises.

　　The second is to accelerate the promotion of international competitiveness of foreign trade. Accelerate the use of modern technology to transform traditional industries, improve the quality, grade and technical content of labor-intensive products, and push traditional industries to the middle and high end. Efforts should be made to build a technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market as the guidance and Industry-University-Research trade as the combination. Increase investment in scientific and technological innovation and support the original innovation of enterprises. Encourage enterprises to introduce advanced technology by means of import, overseas mergers and acquisitions, international bidding, recruiting talents and attracting talents, and promote digestion, absorption and innovation. Support domestic enterprises to set up overseas R&D centers through self-construction, joint venture and cooperation. Encourage multinational corporations and overseas scientific research institutions to set up R&D institutions in China. Strengthen the comprehensive competitive advantages of equipment manufacturing industries such as electric power, rail transit, communication equipment, ships, construction machinery, aerospace and large-scale complete sets of equipment exports, and strive to expand the export of investment commodities. Further improve the international competitiveness of strategic emerging industries such as energy conservation and environmental protection, next-generation information technology and new energy. Expand the import of advanced technology and equipment, key parts and components, and promote the adjustment, optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.