What Must Chinese Bigwigs Dine on Endangered Species?

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The giant salamander is listed as a "critically endangered" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Its population has declined dramatically in recent decades, largely due to human consumption.

So when over two-dozen Chinese officials got together in a Shenzhen restaurant last week, what did they eat? Giant salamander.

As for the journalists who spotted this outrage, they were kicked, slapped, robbed, choked, and beaten. So pretty much just another day in China.