This is a table that is being set. We were eating on a farmer’s ranch. The food is shared and communal with no serving spoon. The two little cups next to each other are for “bai jiu”, a vodka-like drink. The paper cups are for tea. The tea leaves are just at the bottom of the cup. There are no cloth napkins in China, you use a “Kleenex” like box, picture on the lower left. Let the host move the lazy-susan. If you want to move it, make sure no one is taking any food.
Very interesting information, But that is for Western dinning etiquette. That may not same as Asian style. e.g. In Korea, they only use chipsticks and soup spoon for dinner.