Chop Suey : A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States (45 page)

World’s Columbian Exposition (1893),
171

World War II,
228

Wouk, Herman,
200
–203

Wright, Russel,
223

Xia Dynasty,
72
–73

Xinhui,
101

Xinjiang dishes,
244

Xi River (West River),
69

Yang Guifei,
82
–83

Yangzi basin,
92
,
217

Yangzi River,
65
,
67
,
69
,
71
,
72

Yangzi Valley,
36
,
67

Yates, M.T.,
116

Ye Jianying,
228

“Yellow Emperor” (Huang Di),
73
,
78

Yellow River (Huanghe River),
68
–69,
70
,
71
,
88

Yeo, Patricia,
248

yin and yang,
74
,
78

Yi Yin,
74
–75,
85
–86

Yongle Emperor,
20

Yuan Dynasty,
92
,
99

Yuan Mei,,
64
–67,
93
,
98
,
163

Yü Emperor,
17
,
18

Yunnan Yuan (restaurant),
243

Yu-ung-Fang-Lau (restaurant),
159

zao
(cooking stove),
87

Zhang Dynasty,
80

Zhang Qian,
19

Zhen He,
20

Zhili,
161

Zhongshan district,
101
,
206

Zhou Dynasty,
75
–76,
80
,
81
,
84
,
86
,
92

Zhou Enlai,
224
,
225
,
227
,
228
–31,
236
–39

Zhu River (Pearl River),
5
,
6
,
69
–70,
100

   
See also
Pearl River Delta

“zones” of influence, Chinese,
17
,
18
,
22