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Introducing Fortune Cookies to China

Are fortune cookies Chinese?

Clearly not. They are arguably more American (by way of Japan), judging by the way that people in China react to fortune cookies -- with a mixture of confusion and amusement.

From Introducing Fortune Cookies to China, by New York Times writer Jennifer 8.Lee. (via BoingBoing)

Tags: Chinese, culture shock
August 28, 2008