Is Chinese food in the united states the same in china?

Depends on where in the USA. Many offer up Chinese dishes that have been altered for American taste. Some of the dishes were also invented in USA and does not exist in China.
As to dogs and cats, the majority do not eat them and you will have difficulty in finding those dishes.

All I can say is after 7 years in China (GUANGZHOU) when I go back to the states I can't get Chinese food. It sucks. That is my take on some places in Rochester, NY. I am sure some places in the US have it close to CHINA. One of my Students(Chinese. 11 year old boy) went to SAN FRAN and his family loved the Chinese Food there. DOG and CAT. Yes it is eaten in China. There are a few Dog Eating festivals each year in CANTON. Guangzhou / Guangdong. Up to 15,000 dogs are killed and eaten. 5,000 are said to be stolen from the streets and homes. But Most... MOST Chinese find eating a dog is wrong. And there are several organizations that picket these Festivals. And there has been many attempts to have the Government ban all Dog and Cat eating.

totally not the same and you can't find fortune cookies in any restaurant in China

Although you can find Chinese restaurants that make authentic Chinese food, mainly in Chinese communities that are patronized by Chinese, real Chinese food is not served in those Chinese restaurants that are patronized by Americans.
Although you may find Chinese restaurants that serve dog, which is true in all Asian cultures it is not that common and is not true in America.
Contrary to rumors you would never be served dog without specifically ordering it, it is not a part of any other menu item.

The Chinese food in CA is about 80-90% the same as it is here in China (I live in Guangzhou). In most of the rest of the US, it is somewhat different... but, go into any Chinese neighborhood that isn't frequented by non-Chinese and you can get something that's pretty authentic. Most Chinese dishes are pretty simple and don't use any really gnarly ingredients you can't get anywhere in the world... meats, cabbage, peppers, garlic, ginger, onions, etc.

A lot of people - specifically, non-ethnically Chinese tourists and "foodies," or young Chinese-Americans who want to feel "special" - will rattle your ear off about how different it all is, but the honest truth is that yes: there is sweet and sour sauce in Cantonese cooking. You can get chow mein (pronounced almost the same as "chao mien" in Mandarin) in sauce pretty much the same in the US as in China, easily... you can get Chinese-made sauces and condiments in any Safeway that are the same as what you find in China (the brand with the picture of the old lady on the label is really common here).

As far as dog and cat go: no one really eats cat at all. Maybe during famines in the cultural revolution, but now? Basically unheard of. Some people do eat dog, most of them rural folks in the interior, though I have seen a few restaurants in peripheral Guangzhou that advertise selling it... it's pretty rare and comes with a big social stigma among most younger and urban Chinese folks.

no no no no!!
maybe in a Chinese family restaurant, like if a person from China were to come to America and open a restaurant and make the foods they grew up with, but those restaurants are hard to find, and in some places don't exist
I lived in China last summer, the foods I ate with my family at home....I have never seen, tasted, or heard of in America. It's sooooooo good. Ever since I've returned I haven't stepped foot in any of the "Chinese" restaurants I used to love. Now I only cook the foods I tried there at home and I buy Chinese snack foods that I ate there and liked...

BTW rice is not as big in Chinese cuisine as we thought. Rice in Chinese is "mifan" and it's not a main part of the food at all, I remember if there were rice it was in a tiny bowl as a side. Noodles are much more prevalent.



about the dogs and cats thing...uh no. I think that's only a small group of nutjobs in the Tibet region of China...99.999% of Chinese people do not consider cats and dogs to be food. Actually, once my Chinese host told me that he would never eat a scorpion, and the majority of people he sees eating them are the tourists. I think he's right. I've never seen any of the wild foods that Chinese people allegedly eat in any restaurants. The only place I saw bugs and scorpions on sticks were in the tourist-heavy areas and the only ones in line to try them were...美国人

no, absolutely not. the "chinese" you eat in the us is completely different than those in china or hong kong. and only people who still live in the villages eat cats and dogs i think.

No, it's not the same. Westernized Chinese food is typically far sweeter, and it's not an authentic cuisine.

No you can not even get many of the ingrediants for it in America. Unless on the West Coast, China town in Chicago, St,Louis at the Chines market. and much you need order 6 months in advance. If you can get it at all. Some is barred from the U.S.

No.