Comments on: Ever wonder what happens to your used wooden chopsticks? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102817 Railwaycharm Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:25:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102817 #6 How do you say Government patsy in Chinese? #6 How do you say Government patsy in Chinese?

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102639 cm Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:18:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102639 "Like the cardboard dumpling hoax, I think this one is also fake news. http://uk.reuters.com/article/.....5520070812" Well, the news says that China arrested the reporter for lying. It didn't provide any evidence what the reporter wrote wasn't true. Just because the Chinese government said he lied, doesn't mean that it is the truth. (considering what kind of government we're talking about here) This explains my point of what China government's motive might be: "The report caused a stir, not least because China is under international scrutiny for exporting food and other products that safety inspectors have found to be tainted or substandard." “Like the cardboard dumpling hoax, I think this one is also fake news.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/…..5520070812”

Well, the news says that China arrested the reporter for lying. It didn’t provide any evidence what the reporter wrote wasn’t true. Just because the Chinese government said he lied, doesn’t mean that it is the truth. (considering what kind of government we’re talking about here)

This explains my point of what China government’s motive might be:

“The report caused a stir, not least because China is under international scrutiny for exporting food and other products that safety inspectors have found to be tainted or substandard.”

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102623 Sonagi Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:53:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102623 The US needs to take a page from China's playbook and do a little tit-for-tat next time some bone fragments show up in a beef shipment. The US needs to take a page from China’s playbook and do a little tit-for-tat next time some bone fragments show up in a beef shipment.

]]> By: chiamattt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102620 chiamattt Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:17:03 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102620 Like the cardboard dumpling hoax, I think this one is also fake news. http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKPEK13875520070812 Like the cardboard dumpling hoax, I think this one is also fake news.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/.....5520070812

]]> By: abcdefg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102617 abcdefg Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:11:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102617 my gold-plated metal chopsticks for the win! my gold-plated metal chopsticks for the win!

]]> By: peninsular aborigine http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102614 peninsular aborigine Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:46:54 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102614 I swear it seems like many Western organs are looking for a pretext to boycott next year's Olympics. I swear it seems like many Western organs are looking for a pretext to boycott next year’s Olympics.

]]> By: Hatch SZ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102612 Hatch SZ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:42:03 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102612 They need to be split in China too. I don't know how this guy worked his scam They need to be split in China too. I don’t know how this guy worked his scam

]]> By: MigukNamja http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102610 MigukNamja Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:47:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102610 They must use a different kind in China. In Korea, all of the wooden (disposable) ones I've seen require you to split them into 2 pieces. With these kind of chopsticks, I don't see how you can cheaply glue them back together so they look "new". However, if the chopsticks come already separated in the package, then I can see how recycling works. They must use a different kind in China. In Korea, all of the wooden (disposable) ones I’ve seen require you to split them into 2 pieces. With these kind of chopsticks, I don’t see how you can cheaply glue them back together so they look “new”.

However, if the chopsticks come already separated in the package, then I can see how recycling works.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102609 R. Elgin Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:43:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102609 I am not surprised to read this. The Chosun Ilbo printed an editorial <a href="http://english.chosunilbo.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708220026.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a> about the death of the senior Korean diplomat in Beijing. Arrogance goes before a fall and China is building up that negative karma like a champ. I also make it a point to avoid "made in China" products when possible even if I pay more $ because I find there to be a issue of quality in many products from China but I also have to be careful with food products because sometimes people here label products as 국산 and they are really from China. If Korean rice farmers wanted to do better, they could switch to other produce and market their goods as quality goods that are better and safer than Chinese goods, assuming that they don't cheat either. I think many shoppers would buy that instead. I am not surprised to read this. The Chosun Ilbo printed an editorial this article about the death of the senior Korean diplomat in Beijing. Arrogance goes before a fall and China is building up that negative karma like a champ.

I also make it a point to avoid “made in China” products when possible even if I pay more $ because I find there to be a issue of quality in many products from China but I also have to be careful with food products because sometimes people here label products as 국산 and they are really from China. If Korean rice farmers wanted to do better, they could switch to other produce and market their goods as quality goods that are better and safer than Chinese goods, assuming that they don’t cheat either. I think many shoppers would buy that instead.

]]> By: Ville Memories: Why I Don't Eat Chicken On A Stick at ROK Drop http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102608 Ville Memories: Why I Don't Eat Chicken On A Stick at ROK Drop Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:43:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/22/ever-wonder-what-happens-to-your-used-wooden-chopsticks/#comment-102608 [...] The Marmot has a posting about Chinese recycling used chopsticks without sanitizing them and then reselling them.   Just to demonstrate that this phenomenon isn’t just limited to China let me tell you about an experience I had in Korea.  Early in my first tour to Korea I liked to buy chicken on a stick in the TDC Ville.  An old, crusty NCO saw me one time eating a chicken on a stick and pulled me aside and told me not to eat chicken on a stick.  I asked him why and he told me to link up with him after curfew and he would show me why.  [...] [...] The Marmot has a posting about Chinese recycling used chopsticks without sanitizing them and then reselling them.   Just to demonstrate that this phenomenon isn’t just limited to China let me tell you about an experience I had in Korea.  Early in my first tour to Korea I liked to buy chicken on a stick in the TDC Ville.  An old, crusty NCO saw me one time eating a chicken on a stick and pulled me aside and told me not to eat chicken on a stick.  I asked him why and he told me to link up with him after curfew and he would show me why.  [...]

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