I don't think it tastes all that similar to Southeast Asian food, apart from Vietnamese food. Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian food is some of the best I've ever had, I like it almost as much as South Asian and Middle Eastern food.Well...yeah, I like SouthEast Asian and Indian food as well. I'm just surprised to see that you hate Chinese food that much, considering that it's similar to other East/Northeast/Southeast Asian cuisines...
Chinese also have this weird as f**k preference of drinking water (and beer) WARM! Even in hot weather they'll try to serve you warm (and even hot) water, I'm told this is something to do with their superstitions regarding cold drinks being bad for you. There are a lot of weird superstitions in China which I find strange for such a non-religious country. I suppose atheism is no guard against absurd superstitions.
A lot of Chinese also have disgusting table manners such as chomping very very loudly and putting their leftovers such as bones on the table outside of the plate, so you'll often see a table swamped with leftovers.
Food hygiene must be quite poor in a lot of restaurants, given the amount of people I know who've had poisoning and the amount of times they've had it.
Also, why do a lot of Chinese people have such bad breath? Is that because of their food? Or do they have some "different" bacteria living inside their mouths.