Are there carrots in China? Are they an authentic part of Chinese cuisine?

I once knew a woman who got hysterically angry in a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon because she was served a dish with carrots. She kept screaming "There are [i]NO[/i] carrots in China! There are [i]NO[/i] carrots in China!!!"

It was one of my more memorable restaurant experiences.

This woman is now married to a cleric and lives in San Diego, California. I hope she's resolved her carrot phobia...or whatever it was...