As Chinese ‘crepe’ catches on abroad, a fight to preserve its soul
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A trade association in China's city of Tianjin has imposed rules that attempt to standardize the jianbing, apparently to save the soul of northern China’s quintessential street food as the snack's popularity has spread around the globe.