Tuesday, May 29, 2012

WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE CHINESE FOOD?


Nowadays, Chinese food is becoming more popular in the world, especially among the people who regard eating as enjoyment. They like to have Chinese food, and show their enthusiasm in it.

There are several reasons for Chinese food’s popularity.  First, a growing number of people are tending to realize that food can be cooked in many ways, and Chinese food is famous for its cooking ways. For example,  you can taste the meat is cooked in stir-fried, deep-fried, pan-fried and so on. Cooking in different ways, the food tastes quite different, and the feeling you feel is different, too. No matter it tastes salty or sweet, it is quite delicious. In a word, the different flavours really surprise newcomers. Secondly, Chinese are pay much attention to their health, and therefore prefer the healthy eating habits. How to eat healthily? The answer is food combining.  Medicinal food which believed to have nutritional value is good for our body. Besides, correct food combinations could help our body digest food well. Thirdly, each dish has a quite meaningful name. Because of the traditional culture, Chinese emphazise the meaning very much. In happy occasion, such as wedding, the names of dishes are all auspicious, if it is a birthday party, the names are about healthy.
If you have never tasted Chinese food, you can have a try, and I am sure you will like it.

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China moves to tame microbloggers amid censorship claims

(Reuters) - China's Sina Corp has introduced a code of conduct for users of the local version of Twitter amid accusations of censorship to rein in what has grown into a raucous online forum to air political and social grievances.

The code of conduct, first announced earlier this month, stipulates that users of Sina's Weibo microblogging site cannot post information that is against the principles of the constitution, cannot harm national unity, disclose state secrets or publish false information, among other rules.

Many users said the restrictions were aimed at muzzling the often scathing and anonymous online chatter in a country where the Internet offers a rare opportunity for open discussion.

The move, the latest in a series of steps to rein in discussion on Weibo, comes as China prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership handover, expected to be announced at a party congress later this year.

Sina, the biggest of the Weibo operators, also introduced a points system in which a user starts with 80 points and loses points for every violation. A score of zero results in a cancelled account. A user can gain points for validating his or her real identity.

"It gives Sina a firmer basis for expanding a ban on whatever is considered sensitive news," said one prominent Weibo user who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"The definition of what counts as sensitive was always loose and it's expanding all the time. Of course, nowadays, they're worried because of all the scandal and rumors before the 18th Congress."

In a sign of how intensely sensitive the issue is for the ruling Communist Party, censors blocked online searches for the name of Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing party boss cast out of the party's Central Committee.

Internet users have skirted restrictions on Weibo by using code words to discuss the issue. Sina employs technicians to scrub Weibo of politically sensitive posts.

Sina's move to implement a user contract comes after Beijing demanded last December that microblogging operators ensure their users are registered with their real names.

The company, which has invested heavily in Weibo, intends to start making money from it this quarter. Sina has said validating the real identity of Weibo users will be hard, given its roughly 300 million users.

Some Weibo users expressed dismay over the new restrictions.

"New rules will be carried out on the 28th," one wrote. "So I should publish my personal opinion on matters of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and social problems before then. After the 28th, I will just write about personal things."

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