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How did Chinese food spread abroad in history?
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Needless to say, North Korea, Viet Nam and other countries with the greatest origin with China.

In the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to China and then went back, so Tang Dynasty dishes (and other cultures) were exported to Japan. In modern times, after the Meiji Restoration, all the people with lofty ideals who sought the way to save the country in China have been to Japan (including Mr. Lu Xun). Among them, both Sichuanese and Cantonese have opened local restaurants. Some Japanese even come to work in these restaurants. Later, among these restaurants, those that improved their food according to Japanese tastes were called "Chinese Cuisine", while those that still kept the original flavor of China were called "Chinese Cuisine".

The large-scale contact between Indonesia and China in South Asia reached its peak after the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, especially in the Song Dynasty. Arab and Persian businessmen can land in Panyu. Later, Shiluozhou of India gained the hegemony of the Indian Ocean, and Malacca developed. A large number of China people began to go to South Asia, and there was also a peak in modern times. Now the national dish in Singapore is called "Hainan Chicken Rice", which is of course improved from Hainan boiled chicken.

After the United States became independent from the United States, San Francisco in North America, Chile or Brazil in South America also accepted China people (Asians, including Japanese) who had left their homes to work in the United States. Mainly to escape the war of World War II). So Chinese food began to blossom everywhere in the United States, and the rise of Chinatown was also during this period.

Although Europe has been in contact with China since the Han Dynasty, it may be later to accept Chinese food.