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Eating animals to extinction

The seamy side of Chinese gastronomy was in the headlines again this week, as fourteen police officers in Shenzhen were suspended and a police chief put under investigation on suspicion of eating a giant salamander. You can here my thoughts on it here. And here is a pic of this extraordinary creature, which is known in Chinese as a 'crying baby fish' because of its call (wa wa yu 娃娃鱼)

The seamy side of Chinese gastronomy was in the headlines again this week, as fourteen police officers in Shenzhen were suspended and a police chief put under investigation on suspicion of eating a giant salamander. You can here my thoughts on it here. And here is a pic of this extraordinary creature, which is known in Chinese as a 'crying baby fish' because of its call (wa wa yu 娃娃鱼)

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