8 facts about Chinese food

2. The fortune cookie -- Japanese, not Chinese True, Lee says. 'The Chinese popularized it, though, and the Americans eat it,'' she says. It's barely known in China and Japan.
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2. The fortune cookie -- Japanese, not Chinese

True, Lee says. "The Chinese popularized it, though, and the Americans eat it,'' she says. It's barely known in China and Japan.