Chopsticks have been China's primary eating tool since at least the Shang dynasty, which began around 1500 B.C., ... But South Korea has largely switched to metal chopsticks, ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce, together with five other ministries, issued this warning in June: “Companies making disposable chopsticks will face local government restrictions aimed at ...

Learning to use chopsticks is like learning a new language. The more you practice, the more confident you will become. So ...

However Chinese chopsticks are longer than their Korean and Japanese counterparts in order to reach the communal dishes in the centre of the table. Koreans also often use metal chopsticks because ...

Korean chopsticks are medium length, rectangular in shape and are almost always made of metal. Korean chopsticks tend to be a bit heavier than their Chinese and Japanese counterparts due to the ...

Chinese internet users have attacked a British newspaper’s claim that the Chinese should swap chopsticks for knives and forks, calling it a cultural intervention. It is not about chopsticks, it ...

Chopsticks - these two equal-length ‘extended fingers’ carry different characteristics and traditions in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. Angela Roma/Pexels Dubai: I ...

The Chinese government is introducing a 5% tax on disposable wooden chopsticks in a bid to preserve its forests. It produces about 45 billion pairs of chopsticks a year, consuming millions of trees ...

A Song Dynasty tomb was found in China during construction and inside were well preserved porcelain pieces and 800-year-old chopsticks ...