The B Family Adventures: Chinese Weddings

We attended a couple of Chinese weddings recently and found that although they are similar to Western weddings there are several major differences:

The bride and groom's bosses typically give a speech.
There is a lot of focus on the food. Typically guests are fed banquet style with many of Chinese delicacies, including chicken feet, whole fish, and abalone. There is an abundance of food.
The bride typically wears multiple dresses, a Western style dress for the ceremony and a traditional Chinese dress, a.k.a. a Chi Pao, for the reception, but there could be more.
During the reception the bride and groom visit each table and guests from the table have to do a shot of baijiu, which is a traditional Chinese liquor, similar to vodka, with the bride and groom. None for me, thanks.
Wedding favors typically include cigarettes and candies for children and adults alike.
Wedding gifts aren't given, but rather a red envelope with cash, no card. When you arrive at the wedding a friend or two of the couple will count your money and record the amount of money you gave. (This is because it is traditional for the bride and groom to give back the same amount or more later at the guest's or guest's children's wedding.)
There isn't a dress code. While this may be the case at some Western weddings, this is definitely the case in China. Sweatpants, jeans, no problem, come as you are.