The hottest fried chicken in America is not McDonald’s? Eating habits vary greatly from state to state.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people! When you come to Great America, how can you not eat? Especially as a senior foodie, we should not only eat well and eat completely, but also eat chic and authentic!

The United States has its own unique food culture, and there are countless American cuisines that can be exported. However, is the delicious American food we are after really loved by local people? What are the different eating habits of people in American States?

America is a famous meat-eating country. Although the per capita meat consumption of American imperialists has been declining in recent years, it is close to the consumption level of 100 pounds per person per year, and there are few rivals in the world.

What is unknown, however, is that the favorite meat eater is actually Montana, which consumes the most red meat every year in the United States. In fact, the residents of this state eat steaks and hamburgers on average for three or four days a week.

At the same time, Maine people eat meat at least once or twice a week on average, generally not more than three times. Children’s shoes who can’t stand the daily meat supplement can consider applying here!

My mother told me since I was a child that eating more vegetables is good for your health! Outside the country, the most common cooking practice of vegetables is probably the salad of various colors.

Surprisingly, however, those areas in the central United States where all kinds of fruits and vegetables are planted and farms are everywhere are indeed the places that don’t like vegetables the most.

On the contrary, people in California, new york City, Florida, District of Columbia, Oregon and Hawaii prefer to eat fresh vegetables every day. You know, most Hawaiians eat green leafy vegetables three to four days a week.

Donuts, cupcakes, American pies, brownies and so on are all standard American desserts. Among them, the American people who love sweets are in the District of Columbia. In order to keep local tourists, the shops here will add double sugar to desserts! The capital is like this, no wonder the obesity rate in the United States is only rising.

In addition to the District of Columbia, several big states along the coastline are also fond of sweets. In contrast, the central and western regions are much calmer in the face of the temptation of dessert. Instagram also made a statistic, and they found that 89.7% of users in North Dakota prefer "fitness" to "sweets", making it the most "rational" state in the United States.

As early as August 2013, a poll showed that the number of people who prefer wine and beer in the United States is almost half-split. However, this kind of love has distinct regional differences.

In fact, wine is more popular in the eastern and western coasts, while beer is more sought after by people in the central and western regions.

Moreover, the colder the place, the more people love to drink. In areas like Wisconsin, North Dakota and Montana, where the temperature is ten to twenty degrees below zero in winter, the number of bars they own even exceeds that of grocery stores, which is simply nothing! Wine! No! Huan!

Soda is a part of American history. Although soda is called differently in different parts of the United States (soda, pop, coke), there is no doubt that the American people love all kinds of soft drinks deeply.

However, the survey found that the farther to the southeast, the more people like to drink, and this trend is surprisingly consistent with the latest distribution map of obesity in various States in the United States. Babies who want to lose weight, please resist the temptation of sweet water, okay?

According to one of the top ten fast food chain brands in the United States — — According to a survey by Dunkin’ Donuts, 61% of workers in the United States need to drink more than 2 cups of coffee every day, and 28% will need more than 3 cups. Among them, scientists and computer engineers like to refresh themselves with coffee.

Although Starbucks is the first thing that comes to mind when people think of American coffee, in fact, people on the east coast prefer to drink Dunkin’ Donuts freshly ground coffee; Starbucks is more common in the Pacific coast, especially its birthplace — — Near Seattle. Don’t think that Dunkin’ Donuts just eat doughnuts. Try their coffee.

There are countless international fast food chains that originated in the United States. Take McDonald’s as an example. So far, it has opened stores in more than 35,000 regions around the world, and there are as many as 20,000 branches in the United States alone!

However, the fast food chain popular in more States is not McDonald’s, but this — — Chick-Fil-A fil-a love chicken.

Fule Chicken is the second largest chicken fast food chain in the United States, with more than 1,700 branches, and its customer service and product quality are almost perfect. Their fried chicken burger is claimed to be the best fried chicken and burger in the United States and even in the world! However, there is no store in their home in China.

Chinese food also has a certain scale market in the United States. Nowadays, the number of restaurants in the United States and China has exceeded the sum of McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s! As the picture shows, there are quite a few Chinese restaurants even in Hawaii and Alaska. . .

Especially in the northeastern States of the United States, Nevada and along the coast of San Francisco, Chinese restaurants are more densely distributed. Unless you are really tired of Chinese food and go to a "Chinese food desert" like the north of Dakota and the west of Texas, Chinese food will linger in the United States like the smell of chili pepper.

 

 

The GDP of 29 provinces in China was released: the first 13 trillion province was born!

As many places in the country enter the "two sessions" in 2024, various places have also announced the "annual report" of the economy in 2023.

As of January 25th, 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have announced the annual economic performance in 2023. Judging from the published information, the growth rate of 15 provinces has outperformed the whole country.

The growth rate of 15 provinces outperformed the whole country

Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the gross domestic product (GDP) of China in 2023 was 126,058.2 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year at constant prices.

The reporter consulted the work reports of local governments and the official data of statistical departments and found that among the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China, except Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hubei, the growth rate of 15 provinces outperformed the whole country in 2023, while Beijing was the same as the whole country. All provinces with disclosed data have achieved positive GDP growth.

Specifically, Tibet’s GDP growth rate reached 9.5%, temporarily leading the country; Hainan, which followed closely, grew by 9.2%; Inner Mongolia ranked third with a growth rate of 7.3%. Other provinces with growth rates above 6% include Ningxia, Gansu, Jilin, Chongqing, Shandong, Sichuan and Zhejiang.

Multi-provincial GDP has reached a new level.

Present potential of western China

Looking through the "transcripts", we can find that the economic development of many places has reached a new level. Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong accounted for the top three economic aggregates of China Province in 2023, all exceeding 9 trillion yuan. In particular, Guangdong, as the largest province in economy, became the first province in China to exceed 13 trillion yuan in annual GDP, ranking first in the country for 35 consecutive years.

The economic aggregates of Shandong and Zhejiang, two other major economic provinces, have also leapfrogged, with annual GDP exceeding 9 trillion yuan and 8 trillion yuan respectively. Hunan’s annual GDP exceeded 5 trillion yuan for the first time. Liaoning has successfully entered the "3 trillion GDP Club", surpassing the national growth rate for the first time in 10 years.

In addition, the rise of the western region is obvious. In addition to Tibet, where the economic growth rate leads the country, the growth rates of Ningxia and Gansu both exceed 6%, and Ningxia even announced that all economic indicators are the best in the past years; Sichuan and Chongqing announced that their GDP exceeded 6 trillion yuan and 3 trillion yuan respectively, and the Chengdu-Chongqing double circle as a whole reached a new level. Yunnan’s GDP exceeded 3 trillion yuan for the first time, and Qinghai’s economic growth rate was 5.3%, which also outperformed the whole country.

"Trillion City" expanded by 3 trillion into a new benchmark

Cities also provide a new perspective for observing China’s economy in 2023, among which the most striking thing is that the "GDP Trillion Club" welcomes the new again.

After Changzhou, Jiangsu, and Yantai, Shandong successively announced that they had broken through one trillion yuan, the number of "GDP trillion clubs" in China has increased to 26. Among them, Jiangsu has five "trillion cities", surpassing Guangdong and becoming the province with the largest number of trillion cities in China. From the perspective of urban agglomerations, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta with strong economic vitality have also become "trillion cities" gathering areas, with 9 and 4 respectively.

At the same time, "3 trillion" is also becoming a new starting point for competition among domestic head cities.

Chongqing and Guangzhou announced that the regional GDP will break the 3 trillion yuan mark in 2023. After Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, the number of "3 trillion GDP clubs" in China has expanded to five. Chongqing became the first city in the western region whose GDP exceeded 3 trillion yuan, while Guangzhou was the second city in Guangdong Province after Shenzhen.

Set goals in various places to make progress steadily.

After the economic aggregates of many provinces and cities reached a new level in 2023, how to set economic targets in 2024 attracted people’s attention. Of the 29 provinces that have disclosed data, 26 mentioned the growth target in 2024 in their government work reports.

Up to now, Tibet and Hainan, the two provinces with the fastest GDP growth in 2023, have the highest growth expectations this year, both of which are around 8%. Most other provinces that have disclosed data have set the regional target of economic growth in the range of 5%-6%.

For example, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong, which ranked the top three in China in 2023, have all aimed at the figure of 5% this year. Among them, the goal of Guangdong is set at "5%", while Jiangsu and Shandong should strive for "more than 5%". The expected target of Tianjin’s economic growth rate is below 5%, which is set at around 4.5%, but it is still higher than its economic growth rate of 4.3% in 2023.

The goal has been set, and the key to the future lies in how to accomplish it. When planning the road map for development in 2024, many places showed strong interest in emerging industries, and new quality productivity and new industrialization became the focus of attention.

Shanghai: We will actively promote new industrialization, cultivate and upgrade high-end industrial clusters such as new energy vehicles, high-end equipment, advanced materials, civil aviation and space information, and accelerate the construction of future industrial leading areas.

Chongqing: Insist on putting the high-quality development of manufacturing industry in a more prominent position, persistently grasp the leading belt ecology, promote industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and integrated development, and vigorously cultivate new quality productivity.

Promoting consumption is still the key work in the work reports of many provincial governments.

Jiangsu: Vigorously develop digital consumption, green consumption, healthy consumption, sports and leisure consumption, increase the cultivation and promotion of new consumption formats of cultural tourism, and create more domestic "trendy products" and brand-new consumption scenarios.

Beijing: We should "make great efforts to stimulate potential consumption", promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional business districts, build an international consumption experience zone, boost bulk consumption, cultivate "fashionable products" of domestic products, support the development of service consumption, and promote the integration of diversified consumption formats.

Sudden in the Middle East!

China Fund Morning News integrates CCTV news, Xinhua News Agency and reference news.

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, and the death toll has increased again!

According to CCTV news, on May 18th, local time, the health department in Gaza said that in the past day, 83 Gaza people were killed and 105 injured in Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on October 7th last year, the death toll in Gaza has reached 35,386, with 79,366 injured.

According to a report by the Palestinian News Agency on May 18th, at least 15 people were killed and 30 injured when Israeli troops intensively bombed the Gebali refugee camp in the northern Gaza.

On May 18th, The Israel Times quoted the IDF as saying that in the past day, the Israeli air force attacked more than 70 targets in the Gaza, and the ground forces continued to carry out military operations in Rafah, Gebali and other places.

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Israeli forces bombed refugee camps in northern Gaza.

Causing 15 deaths and 30 injuries

CCTV News quoted the official Palestinian news agency (Wafa News Agency) as saying that on May 18th, local time, the Israeli army carried out a fierce air raid on the Gebali refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza, killing 15 people and injuring 30 others.

According to the report, the Israeli army bombed a local settlement for the homeless and attacked the displaced people who tried to return home. The injured people have been sent to Kamal Adouan Hospital in the northern part of Gaza for treatment.

On the morning of May 18th, the Israel Defense Forces issued a statement saying that the Israeli army continued to carry out military operations in Gebali, the central part of the Gaza Strip and the eastern part of Rafah, the southern city of the Gaza Strip, hitting more than 70 targets of Palestinian armed groups in the past day.

Israeli warplanes launched air strikes.

The death toll continues to rise.

According to Xinhua News Agency on May 18, the Israeli military issued a statement on the evening of May 17, saying that Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin that day.

Recently, the Israeli army rarely dispatched fighter planes to carry out air strikes on the West Bank, and many Israeli media described the air strikes as "rare". The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on the same day that one Palestinian was killed and five others were injured in the air strike.

According to CCTV news, on May 17th, local time, the Israeli army continued its military operations in the Gebali-Yeh area in the northern Gaza Strip. According to Israeli media, the recent fighting in Gebali is one of the "fiercest" battles since the outbreak of this round of conflict.

On May 17th, local time, the IDF issued a notice saying that in the past week, the 7th Armored Brigade of the Israeli Army killed about 60 Palestinian militants in close combat in the Gebali area in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army also launched dozens of air strikes, blowing up many targets. The Israeli paratroopers brigade also carried out operations in the Gebali area, found a warehouse with rockets and explosives, and arrested 20 armed men in a nearby shelter.

According to local Israeli media quoted Israeli military sources, the recent fighting in the Gebali area is one of the fiercest battles since the outbreak of the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict. At present, the actions of the Israeli army are mainly concentrated in the hinterland of Gebali Yeh refugee camp. There are many narrow lanes in the refugee camp, which hinder the movement of armored vehicles such as military tanks. Palestinian militants hide in ground buildings and underground tunnels and constantly launch attacks on Israeli troops.

On May 17th, Hamas released a video of militants of the organization recently attacking Israeli combat troops in Gebali and eastern Rafah. The video shows that armed men in Hamas attacked Israeli tanks and bulldozers several times by ambush and using anti-tank weapons.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jehad) issued a statement on May 18th local time, saying that an Israeli air strike on a residential building in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank of the Palestinian Jordan River resulted in the death of a commander of the quds force Jenin camp, an armed wing of the organization.

The statement condemned the Israeli army’s attack on residential buildings, causing civilian casualties in refugee camps. This is the continuation of the Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip in the West Bank, and it is an intolerable "war crime". The statement said that the use of the air force to carry out assassination was a dangerous development, and the attack confirmed that the Israeli army had escalated its operations in the West Bank.

According to Palestinian media reports, after the air raid, the local Palestinian people in Jenin launched a large-scale demonstration to protest the Israeli air raid.

Found in the Gaza area

The bodies of three Israeli hostages

According to German media reports, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced on May 17th that the Israeli army had found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza.

According to reports, Shani Luke, a girl with dual German and Israeli citizenship, was declared dead at the end of October last year, and her body was discovered by the Israeli army a few days ago. The Israeli military confirmed that the other two bodies found were a 28-year-old woman, amit Bouskila, and a 56-year-old man, Yitzhak GreLenter.

The Israeli military did not immediately disclose the location where the body was found. But according to media reports, the body was found in the Hamas Tunnel in Gaza.

German Foreign Minister Berber expressed condolences to the families of the victims. He declared on the social media platform: "I express my condolences to them and their relatives who can say goodbye now."

In addition, Qatar Al Jazeera reported on May 17th that foreign ministers from 13 countries jointly sent a letter to Israeli Foreign Minister Katz, warning Israel to stop its ground offensive against Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, and allowing more assistance to the Palestinians.

According to the report, the letter is four pages long and the date of payment is May 15th. Except the United States, all other members of the Group of Seven (G7) have signed this letter. The letter was signed by the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and Sweden.

In this letter to Katz, 13 foreign ministers also called on Netanyahu’s government to open all border crossings, including Rafah, which borders Egypt, to alleviate the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Hussein’s armed forces announced that they had hit the US military drone.

British cruise ship attacked near Moka, Yemen

According to foreign media reports, on May 17, local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen announced the shooting down of an American MQ-9 "Death" drone, and announced the picture of the shooting down moment.

Ye Haiya Salia, a spokesman for Houthi armed forces, said that on the evening of May 16, the armed forces shot down an MQ-9 drone with surface-to-air missiles. The picture shows that the missile vacated in the night, and after hitting, the debris of the drone splashed and fell quickly.

The report said that the US military had been informed of the news, but did not respond. It is reported that the cost of each "Death" drone is about 30 million US dollars, the flying height can reach 50,000 feet (about 15,240 meters), and the battery life can reach 24 hours.

In addition, on May 18th, local time, the British Maritime Safety Company (Ambrey) said that it had received news that a crude oil tanker flying the Panamanian flag was attacked about 10 nautical miles southwest of Moka, Yemen.

According to foreign media reports, the company said that radio communication showed that the tanker was hit by a missile and the tanker caught fire. However, the company did not disclose the specific content of radio communication.

The report also said that earlier on May 18, the British Maritime Trade Action Office under the British military said that a ship was attacked by unknown objects in the Red Sea and the ship was slightly damaged. The British Maritime Trade Action Office said that the attacked ship and crew were safe and the ship was on its way to the next stop. According to the office, the incident occurred about 76 nautical miles northwest of Hodeida, Yemen.

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