Word: sichuan
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...speak no Mandarin. Even at mealtime, an event during which both cultures would normally encourage community and hospitality, the air is weighted by mutual incomprehension. "How can we eat together if everything about us is different?" asks Shen Jilei, whose first overseas experience transferred him directly from China's Sichuan province to a South Pacific nation he hadn't even known existed...
...sight: against a backdrop of rain forest, a lone Chinese man perched on a piece of cardboard overseeing a crew of local workers struggling in the sun to sheath a pipeline with insulation tape. There was a feudal tinge to the scene, but the life of Chen Ming, the Sichuan-born supervisor, is hardly idyllic. He has been in P.N.G. for 18 months, working seven days a week, though he sees little point in holidays "because there's nothing to do here." By the time he finishes paying hefty deductions for his room and board, he makes less than...
...precarious existence due to hazardous working conditions or shady employers. Seibert's strength is in his long-form documentary storytelling, such as when he follows a Mr. Zhou, a solar-panel-factory worker, on a 35-hour trek from his workplace in Guangzhou to his hometown in rural Sichuan province. (See pictures of China's internal migrants...
...never to target Chinese customers by serving authentic cuisine. That's why every outlet features a prominent bar and a Top 40 sound track with Sheryl Crow and U2. The cuisine, a hybridized version of Chinese food that would be unrecognizable in most parts of China, includes cheese-covered Sichuan Chicken Flatbread, Dynamite Shrimp served in a martini glass and, for dessert, the Great Wall of Chocolate. In fact, as far as chefs go, the company says the less exposure to Chinese food, the better. "We've hired some Chinese chefs in the U.S., but we weren't successful because...
...Mexican market in 1992, Taco Bell relaunched in the country two years ago and now has plans to expand to 300 outlets. If Mexicans are willing to spend their pesos on authentic American chimichangas, maybe it's not a pipe dream for Chinese to dig into some Sichuan Chicken Flatbread. With a knife and fork, of course...