{"id":86688,"date":"2021-02-17T19:25:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86688"},"modified":"2021-02-17T19:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:01:02","slug":"old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived\/","title":{"rendered":"Old hoax claiming Greta Thunberg asked China to ban chopsticks to save trees revived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around February 16 several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=I%20like%20the%20Chinese%20on%20this%20one&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=greta%20chinese%20chopsticks%20trees&amp;f=Abr4xyG87tzb5jdUSwfYOL9hHHIH4RQa6trBpvlLBcRRB_v8Pj6KofU3YZJCi1szwY7JKJOFlvdCI_mqlPlmUP12-EeMOAn18IKSRQkJ4bJzXrSl05k_uaJKMobujagsN4Yiobb_m1CBQ70iMbIgx81ZLKTyhLTUgL86w7RgE6rEag&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3I6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcIm1lcmdlZF9wdWJsaWNfcG9zdHNcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIlwifSIsInJwX2NyZWF0aW9uX3RpbWU6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImNyZWF0aW9uX3RpbWVcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIntcXFwic3RhcnRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjEtMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjEtMTJcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEtMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyLTMxXFxcIn1cIn0ifQ%3D%3D\">Facebook<\/a> users copy-pasted a text that alleged Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg advised the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees.<\/p>\n<p>The full text reads, &#8220;I like the Chinese on this one. Greta Advised the Chinese to quit chopsticks to save trees. Chinese asked Greta &amp; her friends to go back to school to learn that they\u2019re made of Bamboos &amp; that\u2019s grass. And advised her not to use tissues to wipe her butt as they\u2019re made from trees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/N8HC3\">@SortedEagle<\/a> was among those who posted the claim.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.06.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.06.00.jpg 537w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.06.00-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/DpmrL\">Rakesh Thiyya<\/a> also shared this on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.10.52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.10.52.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.10.52-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Facebook page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/JNOjy\">Hindu<\/a>&#8216; with over 80,000 followers made the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86695 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.14.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.14.12.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.14.12-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several Facebook users have posted this claim in the form of a screenshot of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/N8HC3\">@SortedEagle<\/a>&#8216;s tweet. Whereas many others shared the image shared by Facebook page &#8216;Hindu&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86688 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived\/screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18-19-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.28.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.28.png 735w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.28-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived\/screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18-19-22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.22.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.22.png 742w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.22-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived\/screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18-19-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.12.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.12.png 741w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.19.12-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-hoax-claiming-greta-thunberg-asked-china-to-stop-using-chopsticks-to-save-trees-revived\/screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16-58-49\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1246\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16.58.49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16.58.49.jpg 1246w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16.58.49-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16.58.49-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-16.58.49-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1246px) 100vw, 1246px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Greta Thunberg never called for a ban on chopsticks<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=FROM%3AGretaThunberg%20chopsticks&amp;src=typed_query\">advance keyword search on Twitter<\/a> to check if Greta has tweeted about the alleged ban on chopsticks. We were unable to find any such tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86697 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.23.37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.23.37.png 760w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.23.37-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No media reports suggest such a claim was made by Greta. The viral text suggests that China &#8220;advised her not to use tissues to wipe her butt as they\u2019re made from trees&#8221; which is too absurd to be true.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, BBC reported that the Chinese government is introducing a 5% tax on disposable wooden chopsticks in a bid to preserve its forests. In 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2013\/03\/14\/chinas-disposable-chopstick-addiction-is-destroying-its-forests\/\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported that Bo Guangxin, head of a major forestry group, told Chinese parliamentarians that China uses 20 million trees each year to feed the country&#8217;s disposable chopstick habit. In the same year, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1188299\/chinas-80-billion-disposable-chopsticks-burden-forests\">South China Morning Post<\/a> reported on the same.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Norway-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faktisk.no\/faktasjekker\/apy\/nei-greta-thunberg-har-ikke-oppfordret-kineserne-til-a-slutte-a-bruke-spisepinner\">Faktish<\/a>, US-based\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/greta-thunberg-chopsticks\/\">Snopes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-greta-thunberg-chopsticks-idUSKBN22P2PV\">Reuters<\/a> debunked this claim (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1119381345070792&amp;set=a.153109168364686&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10219721649344143&amp;set=a.4023524518906&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SerbianKosovo\/photos\/a.858924647520751\/2842524812494048\/?type=3&amp;theater\">3<\/a>). As per Snopes and Reuters, the earliest posting of this hoax goes back to January 15, 2020 (IST) by Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/KMu3p\">@Geoloong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.41.29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.41.29.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17.41.29-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faktisk.no\/faktasjekker\/apy\/nei-greta-thunberg-har-ikke-oppfordret-kineserne-til-a-slutte-a-bruke-spisepinner\">Faktish<\/a> stated that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-do-you-think-about-Greta-Thunberg-asking-China-to-ban-chopsticks\">Quora<\/a> user posted \u201cWhat do you think about Greta Thunberg asking China to ban chopsticks?\u201d on January 20, 2020. As of today, the responses to this question has over 10 million views. Shorty after January 20, several Russian-language blogs made the viral claim (<a href=\"https:\/\/sm-news.ru\/greta-tunberg-predlozhila-kitajcam-otkazatsya-ot-mnogovekovyx-tradicij-56622\/\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fishki.net\/3209715-greta-tunberg-predlozhila-kitajcam-otkazatysja-ot-mnogovekovyh-tradicij.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/grimnir74.livejournal.com\/12348208.html\">3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yablor.ru\/blogs\/greta-tunberg-predlojila-kitaycam-o\/6572813\">4<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.11.55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.11.55.jpg 813w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.11.55-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-18.11.55-768x794.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported that last year the same claim was viral with a slight variation. The country was changed from China to Japan. The report added that the claim was also shared in Dutch\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3167164416641530&amp;set=a.370890232935643&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">Danish<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in the backdrop of the Delhi police&#8217;s arrest of Bengaluru-based activist Disha Ravi, for allegedly editing the toolkit on farmers&#8217; protest shared by Greta, several Indian social media users have revived a 2020 hoax that Greta asked the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around February 16 several Twitter and Facebook users copy-pasted a text that alleged Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg advised the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees. The full text reads, &#8220;I like the Chinese on this one. Greta Advised the Chinese to quit chopsticks to save trees. 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