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When it comes to Chinese food exports, many people would think "litigious" over "luxury." Caviar might not even cross your mind. But due to overfishing as well as economic sanctions on Russia and Iran, two of the world's largest producers of the salty cured fish eggs that regularly fetch $100 per ounce are more or less out of…

We’ll be the first to admit that we’re not the most well versed when it comes to museums here at Food Republic. There are, of course, a few exceptions to this statement: weird food museums, for example, get us every time. And just this week, word comes from The Wall Street Journal that a roast…

On the front page of today’s New York Times lands a story about austerity measures being taken in China under the newly anointed President Xi Jinping. Austerity does not come easy in a country where spendy government-sponsored retreats are a matter of course. But it appears that the Communist party leaders are being hit hardest…

Start off the year with a feast of Long Life noodles and whole steamed fish, which are supposed to guarantee you with a long, prosperous life but are probably both just better at tasting delicious. Whip out the wok, break out the duck sauce and buy yourself a bottle of Ban Jiu (if you dare) because…

Ah, finally. A New Year's celebration not centered around blacking out and the subsquent hangover. While you're still more than welcome to partake of those festivities (just go easy on the bai jiu), we like to enjoy Chinese New Year with noodles, parades and (with any luck at all), envelopes of cash. This is also…

Maybe you've heard it said that Chinese food in China is nothing like Chinese food in the States. Well, the saying is a bit of malarkey. This doesn't mean there's no distinction between what you'd find in a Chinese restaurant, and an American restaurant serving Chinese food. Rather, most dishes from an American Chinese restaurant…