Editing American Chinese cuisine (section)

=== Impact on China ===
Although some Chinese people will regard American Chinese food as inauthentic. Since 2018, some American Chinese food restaurants have opened in Chinese cities such as [[Beijing]] and [[Shanghai]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=顾馨 |title=American Chinese diner PF Chang's opens in Shanghai |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201805/23/WS5b0507efa3103f6866eea21f.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref><ref name="美式中餐-2023">{{Cite web |language=zh |title="美式中餐"开回中国，卖的只是"情怀"吗？ |trans-title="American Chinese food" opens back in China, is it just selling "sentiment"? |url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1773209872113443342&wfr=spider&for=pc |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Liu-2015" /> For example, [[P.F. Chang's]], a restaurant chain specialized in American Chinese food, opened a new restaurant in Shanghai, China. The CEO of this chain, Michael Osanloo, revealed his positive attitude towards the future of opening more chain restaurants in China because he believed that Chinese people would like to try something new.<ref name="Chen-2017" />

Many owners of the American Chinese restaurants opened in the cities of China are Chinese Americans. Their primary target customers were people from foreign countries and students who have had study abroad experiences. However, many native Chinese people, especially younger generations have a greater willingness to try American Chinese food. Yinhao Xu, the owner of Americanized Chinese eatery-Bamboo Chinese Fast Food in Beijing, said that he was surprised that some younger generations without overseas experiences have a higher level of acceptance of American-style Chinese cuisine.<ref name="美式中餐-2023" /> The reason for that is cultural impact; many American Chinese cuisines appear in American shows or films, such as ''[[Friends]]'' and ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', which leads young people in China to want to try American Chinese food.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2018 |title=Will US chain's 'Chinese food for Americans' be a hit in China? |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2145078/will-pf-changs-chinese-food-americans-be-big-bang-hit-china? |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>