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All week, we've been talking about dumplings — from tortellini's sensual origins in Italy to kubbeh's tasty variations in Israel.
But perhaps no country has a longer history or greater variety of dumplings than China. Dumplings come in all shapes and with every imaginable filling. They are served at everything from a humble family meal to elaborate works of culinary art.
At the high end of the scale is the Defachang restaurant in northwest China's Xi'an city.
It is famous for serving up 318 varieties of dumplings — a world record.
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