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Behind the carton: the story of the classic US Chinese takeaway container

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Patented in the US in 1894 to carry oysters, the one-piece cardboard box became a favourite of Chinese restaurants for packaging takeaway.

Behind the carton: the story of the classic US Chinese takeaway container(新聞配圖)
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It is an icon, that small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box. Sometimes there is a wire handle,...