CHINA'S LEAP TO AMERICAN CAMPUSES - The New York Times

Jan Wong lived in Peking for six years and worked as a news assistant for The Times's Peking bureau. She is currently a reporter for The Gazette in Montreal. By Jan Wong Wang Qing's ''most unforgettable moment'' in the United States was her introduction to hamburgers, pizzas and hot dogs. The Chinese nutritionist, who arrived here last year to study food science at Queensborough Community College, was overwhelmed by the fast foods she had read about while working in Peking. She dashed off a letter to her colleagues in the Peking Food Research Institute: ''Just now I'm seeing them and tasting them. Terrific! Delicious! I regret to say, however, the more I eat the more I feel sick in my stomach. I hope that the painfulness in my stomach is the result of the time difference rather than the eating habits.'' Wang Qing is one of 6,500 students from the People's Republic of China who are experiencing life in the United States for the first time. For many like her, the reaction initially is on

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