General Tso's chicken is one of the colossal secrets of Chinese-American food. It's beginnings are to some degree cloudy, however the vast majority can concur that it hails from Taiwan. In any case, the rendition served in Taiwan is immeasurably not quite the same as the dish in the United States that happens to pass by a similar name:
It's not sweet, not southern style, and has some of the time skin and bone thing going on. It's not the sweet, seared, chickeny dish that Americans know and love.
General Tso's cousin, orange chicken, can be promptly found over the US (think Panda Express), yet is discovered no place in China. It's to some degree like General Tso's Chicken, however is less zesty and has a sweeter sauce that incorporates squeezed orange, get-up-and-go, or peel.