Food: Chinese Chinese v American Chinese

	In China	In the USA
The Table	Always round	Sometimes round
How to Eat	All of the food goes in the center of the table and everyone grabs one chopstickful at a time. Rice is in a small bowl.	Food also in the center. People pile rice onto a plate and then heap a little bit 'o everything on or around the rice.
What to Drink	Always warm water or hot green tea. Fizzy drinks are common, though not always cold. Alcohol (beer, baijiu, red wine) also common, not always cold.	Hot tea is common and usually accompanied with ice water. Ice water is a major no-no in China. Cold fizzy drinks are too common. Only beer is common and served cold.
Flavors	Some dishes are sweet; some spicy; some salty; and some sour. Some hot and some cold. Texture is important. Steamed rice serves as the neutral flavor. Fried rice is only consumed as a stand alone meal.	Almost everything seems to err on the sweet and saucy side. Everything seems soggy. Even with plain rice it always seems too sticky.
Cooking Style	Some dishes are sauteed; some braised; some fried; some boiled; some steamed; some pickled.	Almost every dish is sauteed. The rest are fried.
Food Composition	One out of every 3 or 4 dishes is a "meat dish" (contains meat but not usually more than half meat).Vegetables and fungi predominate and nuts are common.	Dishes are very meat-centric and more than half of all dishes are primarily meat. Veggies and fungi are common but don't play as large a role.
Meats	Pork is the standard meat. Chicken follows. Freshwater fish, mutton, beef, duck, goose, quail and other assorted water animals are common protein sources. Meats commonly include both fatty and lean portions as well as bones.	Beef is king followed closely by chicken and pork. Saltwater fish, turkey and duck round out the meats. All normally served fatless and deboned.
Settling the Bill	Many people loudly fight for the right to pay. The person least publicly anxious to pay will usually sneak by and pay, at which point he's offered a cigarette.	Split the bill.

Just some things I've noticed. Am I missing anything? Am I mistaken? SL