Another, is at a food court near Carrefour, also in Chengdu. Here we found a chopstick cleaner, which basically disinfects the tip of each chopstick. Fascinating, as it moved back and forth to somewhat emphasize the cleaning process. It somewhat reminded me of staring into the washing machine as the drum washes my clothes.
It is interesting to compare this against some of the habits I have observed. Whenever we went to a fairly casual, street-style restaurants in Chengdu, our research staff from Shanghai always washed tips of his chopsticks with tea in his cup. The sense of sanitary and consequences seem