Openings for the Chinese

The Chinese start with 6 Villagers and 0 Food. To keep Villager production up, constant force-dropping of Food is necessary and they will have a lot less food all throughout Dark Age and early Feudal.

I have heard that therefore Drushing and MAA builds are almost impossible to execute and indeed, I find it hard to have a perfect Chinese Dark Age into MAA even at 23pop.

A scouts opening has been the go-to for the Chinese, because the Food is only needed significantly later.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I advance later, add more Dark Age Farms?

What are some good build orders/ openings for the Chinese?

Also; how to you micro-manage the very first few seconds as Chinese? I personally 1) double-click all my "converted" sheep and send then under TC 2) double click my villagers and garrison them (release them when a sheep is in good position) and 3) only then research Loom.

I'd be thankful for any tips.

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TL;DR: how to Chinese start