I made it more explicit that "American" was referring more generally to U.S. and Canada, but I was actually trying to be even more general to say this applies to the entire Chinese diaspora across the Anglosphere, leaning more toward those larger populations whose history goes back 100 years or more -- more so Australia and New Zealand; less so but still including the UK (just by going by the significant difference in percentage, but that's all me winging this without researching the global diaspora in significantly more depth.) Some of the unique dishes in Chinese-American cuisine are somewhat better known internationally just because American culture has spread so deeply internationally, but a lot of the same ideas that you see in Chinese-American cuisine evolved as well in Chinese-Australian and others (but I'm literally just looking this up now).

Aside from this point, which I agree required significant clarification, are there more downvotes because people disagree with the thesis? Or is it just silly? Offensive? What?