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ChJ,ese People's Dai~ Meals

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Chinese believe food is the pal"amoW'\t necessitz:' of the people", thel"efol"e 1 they eat
abtndant food in thei.- daily meals.
Chinese diffel" in theil" eating habits dCAe to the vast tel"l"ito.-y of this cot-\nt.-y.

t-lowevel" 1 ~el"ally speaking, nol"thel"''\ee"S al"e keen on wheaten food, while sOL-\theme.-s
al"e pal"tial to cooked l"ice. Tl"aditional Chinese food inclt-\des gi"1Ael, wonton h'lanfou
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(steamed b..ead), baozi (steamed twisted l"oll), youflao (deep p-ied twisted dOL-\gh stick),

shaobing (sesame seed cake) 1 ee95 and soybean milk; il'\ some othel" places, people eat
noodles 1 1'r!i{en (l"ice-Bo!.-\1" noodles), fang):'Uan (dt-\1'1'\plings made of glt-\tinOCAS l"ice BOL-\1") and
jianbing (fl"ied pancake .. oiled ~AP in egg filling) instead. Mol"eove.-, each food in itself is

l"ich i1'\ val"ietz:'. Most SOL-\theme.-s eat cooked ..-ice and sOL-\p fo.- theil" I~Anch and S!Appe1" 1
while nodhel"nee"S' favol"ite is wheaten food. Cooked v~tables, which al"e liked by both

so~Athel"nei"S and no..thel"ne..-s, al"e val"iot-\5 be'tond co~Ant. Besides eating cooked l"ice 1
wheaten food and cooked vegetables 1 in some othel" places 1 people al"e !.-\Sed toea~
gl"t--el instead.
Nowadays 1 as people's pace of life coVltint-\eS to il'lcl"ease 1 besides the tl"aditioVlal

ChiV\ese food 1 maV\y people choose fast aV\d Col'\venient Westei"V\ food fol" bl"eakfast 1
S~Ach as b..ead al'\d milk; they also begiV\ to eat Westei"Vlized fast food fol" kch, S~Aeh as
McDonald aV\d KFC Since people enjoy theil" S!Appel" time with theil" family m~ei"S and
have mol"e time to p1"epal"e 1 they cook food they like.

With the development of Chinese econow,y 1 il'\ most places 1 people cal'\ not only eVljoy
Chinese dishes l"ich in local Bavol" 1 bt also can taste food th..-01.-\gho~At the wol"ld, S~Ach as
that il'\ Westem COW'\tl"ies 3apan 1 Ko.-ea and So~Atheast .Asia . .As a l"eS~Ait 1 thei..- daily
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meals al"e gl"eatel" i"' p~"ofusion.

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