If a foreign friend was visiting, could you explain Chinese table manners?

倘若有个外国朋友前来拜访，你能给他们说一说中国的餐桌礼仪吗？

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on a Chinese table; food is frequently the main topic of dinner-time conversation.

这一古老的风俗习惯反映了食物在中华文明史上的重要地位： 占据餐 桌中心位置的是炒菜，而不是鲜花，晚餐的主要话题常常是食物。

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People's dining position reflects the most obvious etiquette of Chinese table manners.

人的用餐的位置反射中国就餐举止最明显的礼节。

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Reached by telephone, an official at the Chinese Table Tennis and Badminton Center, which is affiliated with the country's General Administration of Sports, was unable to provide any information about Yu's status.

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It does make for a self-evidently international atmosphere - Italians sitting close to the Indians, Chinese at the neighbouring table to the Germans.

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