There's hope for the 16-25 million trees China fells to produce the 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks used across the country each year. Shaanxi has become the first province to ban disposable chopsticks and the new regulations kick in Dec 1. That's just another three days from now. more ›

Apparently there are entire chopsticks gangs running around busy Chinese streets, preying on pedestrians ripe for the plucking! Who knows the necessary extent of kuaizi dexterity one must weld to pull metal and plastic from unsuspecting pockets, but these guys are clearly cashing out on their insane skills. more ›

• After having a read about the stats of disposable chopsticks...We decided that it was a moral imperative to take your own chopsticks out to eat.
• We got excited about Ricky Gervais bringing 'The Office' to China and discussed the influx of foreign television being remade for a Chinese audience.
• We were miffed when we found out that 51.25% of sold property in Shanghai remains vacant. Way to drive up rents, rich people!

Wow, talk about a harrowing story: a small boy outside of Beijing punctured his brain by getting a chopstick stuck four inches up his nose. Apparently the tot's mother let him play with chopsticks while she did the dishes (we hope it was a clean one that got lodged up there). The family drove for ten hours to get treatment at a Beijing hospital: luckily for the tyke, the chopstick was easily removed without massive hemorrhaging. more ›

Oh heavens, we'd like to meet the fashionista for whom these would be a must-have item. It's not that we're surprised that Louis Vuitton has dabbled in miscellanea - we know they've produced dice, cards and even phones (yes, and not the shanzhai ones we've seen in the shadier tech malls) - it's more that the types of girls we know who love Louis Vuitton don't really sustain themselves on much else. All the better, we suppose, for these chopsticks - at 450 U.S. dollars a pair, you probably shouldn't be using them to eat anyway. Source:Sina more ›