Actually, (points at some Europeans) those people use a pair for salad, then another pair for steak, and a butter knife, and a soupspoon, and, and, and all those silver stuffs!!!
Apply all that new technology to an ancient lexicon of good manners that precluded not only the preparation but the cutting of food at Chinese tables, rich or poor, and you have no need for any tableware beyond your chopsticks, a couple of serving pieces, and a slippery porcelain spoon for soup.