8 things you might not know about Chinese food

4. Who is General Tso? Or Gao? And what about the chicken? First, about the general: 'He was the equivalent of General Sherman,'' Lee says, referring to the scorched-earth Civil War general. Tso held China together, but brutally, in quashing the Taiping Rebellion, in which 20 million people died.
4. Who is General Tso?

Or Gao? And what about the chicken? First, about the general: "He was the equivalent of General Sherman,'' Lee says, referring to the scorched-earth Civil War general. Tso held China together, but brutally, in quashing the Taiping Rebellion, in which 20 million people died.

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