Fast food is the term given to many foods that can be prepared and served quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, such as TV dinners, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store which is rapidly prepared and served to the customer in a packaged form for take out/take away.Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food restaurants (also known as quick service restaurants). Franchise operations which are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.The capital requirements to start a fast-food restaurant are relatively small, particularly in areas with non-existent or poorly enforced health codes. Small, individually-owned fast-food restaurants have become common throughout the world. Fast food restaurants with higher sit-in ratios, where customers can sit and have their orders brought to them, are known as fast casual restaurants.

The fast growing online population has made the Internet a new forum for average Chinese to, among other things, express opinions in a way rarely seen in Chinese traditional media. The report underscores the importance of considering online media in China as part of broader corporate marketing strategies.

Chinese New Year is fast approaching and tikoys are starting to flood along the shelves of our local supermarkets.Tikoy is that sticky Filipino-Chinese delicacy made from glutinous rice flour, corn flour, and sugar. To prepare, just cover it with beaten egg and fry...

A reworking of Crush/Tang Shou Ta Quan Dao (Tu Kuang-chi, 1972), 'Dialects' recasts the film’s downtrodden Chinese martial artists as proletarian French workers while their Japanese rivals are portrayed as the bourgeoisie. Though the political diatribes come fast and furious, Viénet isn’t unaware of the ridiculousness of the Crush...

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Citizen Journalism or just a very fast version of Chinese Whispers? Why you should always check what you read on the internet before posting a response.