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8 things you might not know about Chinese food

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5. Where Bushes use chopsticks The Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church, Va., installed a bulletproof window for a reason: It was George H.W. Bush's favorite Chinese restaurant around Washington, and his son has dined there, too. Another national security/Chinese restaurant tie: the now-closed Yenching Palace in Washington D.C.'s Cleveland Park neighborhood was a secret meeting place for a US and Russian emissary during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
5. Where Bushes use chopsticks

The Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church, Va., installed a bulletproof window for a reason: It was George H.W. Bush's favorite Chinese restaurant around Washington, and his son has dined there, too. Another national security/Chinese restaurant tie: the now-closed Yenching Palace in Washington D.C.'s Cleveland Park neighborhood was a secret meeting place for a US and Russian emissary during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

(Andreas Altwein/REUTERS; REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
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