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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Chinese liquor, which is one of the six world-famous varieties of spirits (the other five being brandy, whisky, rum, vodka, and gin), has a more complicated production method and can be made from various staples - PAGE 3 broomcorn, corn, rice, and wheat. Population | Time | Visas Insurance | History The Chinese are known for a PAGE 4-6 wide variety of wines, yellow and History fruit have there place with meals and social events. Beers are also PAGE 7 Southern Cuisine Government | Language popular. Guangdong (Cantonese) food is the most exotic in China. The food markets in Guangzhou are a testimony to this, and the Western visitor is PAGE 8 National Drinks: Climate often shocked by the enormous variety of rare and exotic animals that are One of the best-known national used in the cuisine, including snake, dog, turtle and wildcat. PAGE 9 drinks is Maotai, a fiery spirit The Land | People | Religion distilled from rice wine. Specialties: PAGE 10 Dim sum served at lunch Currency | Credit Cards Local beers are of good quality, Shrimp wonton noodle soup Changing Money | Tipping notably Tsingdao, which is similar to German lager. Eastern Cuisine PAGE 11 Etiquette | Health & Vaccinations Shanghai and Zhejiang cooking is rich and sweet, often pickled. Noted There are now some decent for seafood, hot and sour soup, noodles and vegetables. PAGE 12 wines, which are produced Communications | What to Pack mainly for tourists and export, Specialities: such as Great Wall and Dynasty PAGE 13 La Mian (pulled noodles) served with curry beef soup Shopping | Customs red wines and Qingdao white Xiao Long Bao (pan fried pork buns eaten dipped in vinegar) wine. PAGE 14-15 Food & Drinks Western Cuisine Sichuan and Hunan food is spicy, often sour and peppery, with specialties PAGE 16-17 such as diced chicken stirred with soy sauce and peanuts, and spicy Culture & The Arts | Religion dough (bean curd) Specialties: Sweet and sour chicken Orange beef