Why did the Chinese give the French name of paper mache?

Actually, they didn't.





Papier Mache (French for “chewed paper”) is believed to have got its name from French workers in London papier mache shops who did just that! Whether this is actually true or not we shall probably never know. The manufacturers didn’t seem to mind this idea being put about - possibly because it gave them the chance to hide their true methods and recipes, some of which little is known about even today.

Why did the Chinese give the French name of paper mache?
because it stinks, just like the french.

iris