This may surprise you, but American Chinese food is not served in China, or a Chinese dish, but actually an invention based on American food that people associate with the Chinese.
Thanks, that is quite interesting, but I was already aware. So let's not confuse which culture invents with which culture consumes. Also should add the stirrup, paper, hand guns, and using petroleum as fuel. I wonder if any of these IP thefts could be successfully litigated, and if so, what the result would be.