What kind of food do Chinese people eat for a starter?
China is a nation of over 1,000,000,000 people who eat many,
many different regional foods, so it is almost impossible to give a
complete answer to this.
One common first course at dinner is soup of some kind. This
might be a corn and chicken chowder, egg drop soup, won ton soup,
pork intestine soup, hot and sour soup, fish soup, ginseng soup,
shark fin soup, or even just a very delicate clear broth. Chinese
soups are fantastic and the variety seems to never end.