Regarding #8, vegetarians should note that meat is in many (or even most) vegetable dishes, so if you ask for a veggie dish, you might get something with "only a little" pork in it. And the 蔬菜 section of a menu will have many dishes with meat.

Aside from yogurt, which seems to be quite popular, dairy is uncommon. Milk and yogurt sold in plastic bags is normal, though sometimes only whole milk, not skim or reduced fat, is available. Yogurt is considered a drink (in packages with little straws poked through the top), and you use the word 喝 with yogurt even if you eat it with a spoon. I've been told this is not always true in the South, but it's certainly true in Beijing.

Cheeses of any kind are rare in Chinese stores, and the ones you do find there are not likely to please a Western cheese lover. Better to find a Western style grocery if you want cheese. There is good Chinese domestically produced cheese, but you don't often see it in Chinese groceries.

Given how spicy some Chinese food is, it is surprising that Chinese sausage is mostly very bland, with roughly the flavor of an American hot dog.

Chinese pizza is not the same as in other countries. Some restaurants do Western style, but Pizza Hut and many others have adapted pizza for Chinese taste, so the sauce may not be what you expect, and you will find kernels of corn and other odd things as toppings.