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To: RightWhale
Not all Chinese eat with sticks.

The Han Chinese that live in China do.

Marco Polo did not report that they ate with sticks, which he would have if those he met did.

Then why didn't he report that they ate with utensils? Are you suggesting that they ate with efficient utensils in antiquity, but switched to the use of inefficient sticks just recently? Perhaps when no westerner is around they pull out the hidden forks?

I guess I'm missing your point.

20 posted on 03/19/2007 1:16:40 PM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: SampleMan

The Han would probably build their superjumbo out of bamboo.


21 posted on 03/19/2007 1:21:09 PM PDT by RightWhale (300 miles north of Big Wild Life)
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