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Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, then perhaps you should.

When the San Francisco based artist and designer Yiying Lu discovered there was no emoji to represent her beloved dumpling, she knew she had to do something about it. She's tells us why for her, and millions of others, emojis are an important form of communication and cultural representation.

Photo: Yiying Lu holding her dumpling emoji design Credit: Dropbox