Chinese meat on a stick is often chicken on a stick although it can also be pork as well as lamb or beef.
Chicken on a stick at Chinese buffets is also called chicken satay or chicken teriyaki.
Other types of meat on a stick at Chinese buffets include Shaokao and Char siu.
Char siu is a Chinese restaurant style pork dish with a sweet and sticky red coating and the name means fork roast and it's sometimes found on a stick.
Shaokao is a dish of barbecued foods on skewers that are heavily spiced and is a popular dish in Beijing China.
Char siu pork that you find in Chinese buffets on a stick is marinated and roasted strips of pork shoulder, pork belly or pork tenderloin.
The Char siu pork gets its distinctive red color and unique flavor from an interesting marinade.
Shaokao in Chinese buffets typically consists of heavily spiced, barbecued foods on skewers.
Shaokao is available in almost all of the cities in China, and is a prominent dish in Beijing, China, where some restaurants set up food stalls outdoors to purvey the product.