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Whaddaya Mean, "Secret?" | Well, We're Trying | We Is Smart

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Published on June 15, 2006

Finally, I must say that I, as you, read those urban legends about "cruel dishes," i.e. eating live animals or using very graphic methods to cook, but I would say most Chinese people have never tried them, for a very simple reason: Only the top 5 percent richest Chinese people would even think about trying such sick stuff.

Weimin Feng

Department of Geological Sciences

Southern Methodist University

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