There are chopsticks printed with Chairman Mao’s famous quotes, those illustrated with the faces of the Beijing Opera, and others depicting best-selling Chinese books or famous paintings.

Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.

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