{"id":2832,"date":"2006-04-19T22:04:32","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T02:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/04\/19\/fetus-eating-sect-in-south-china\/"},"modified":"2008-02-01T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T18:00:39","slug":"fetus-eating-sect-in-south-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/04\/19\/fetus-eating-sect-in-south-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetus Eating Sect in South China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a8310\" name=\"a8310\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"537\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/babysoup.jpg\" align=\"left\" height=\"320\" width=\"237\" \/>Teachers<br \/>\nof English to Speakers of Other Languages are known for xeno-philiac<br \/>\neccentricity and bizarre, unstable behavior,<br \/>\nbut this is mostly due to the weird and exotic locals in which we often end up plying our trade.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Be that as it may, this story goes beyond the pale. Even a twisted and cynical  fan of the outre like the Dowbrigade has certain standards. They may be low, but they are there. Of course, they don&#8217;t prevent us from reporting that a TESOL teacher in Guandong<br \/>\nhas penetrated a semi-secret sect of &#8211; Fetus Eating!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Recently a Guangdong Factory<br \/>\nOwner from Taiwan was discovered partaking in an<br \/>\nappalling new trend; eating babies.\u00a0 For 4000 yuan<br \/>\na person can order 7-month-old baby stewed for 8 hours with Chinese herbs. This dish is thought to boost the &#8220;yang&#8221; (as in yin and yang).<\/p>\n<p>The Factory Owner who was interviewed for the story is 62 years old and was having trouble keeping up with his 19 year old wife in the bed room until he found this miracle stew. He says that he depends on the soup to &#8220;keep it up&#8221; each night for his randy bride.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant in Foshan, (Guangdong Province, Southern China) code names the dish &#8220;ribs&#8221;. The chef collects girl babies from the surrounding poor<br \/>\nvillagers; sometimes an aborted foetus, sometimes a still born, sometimes the unwanted (and unlawful) second baby. The restaurant pays depending on the size of the baby. Sometimes they would pay a full-term mother 2000 Yuan for her live baby.<\/p>\n<p>Only fresh babies are used, no frozen babies.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/chinaandbeyond.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/canabalism-foetus-style.html\">China and Beyond: TESOL Around the World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editors note: As of this morning the original link has been taken down. We have no information regarding the involvement ot the Chinese government in this emerging scandal. Thanks to Google, however, here is<a href=\"http:\/\/72.14.203.104\/search?q=cache:EoMyiHrlLUkJ:chinaandbeyond.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/canabalism-foetus-style.html+&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1\"> a link to their cached version<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Also, here is a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sina.com.cn\/u\/1210539863\">original Chinese language source <\/a>(scroll down about 60%) with EXTREMEMLY GROSS PHOTOS. You have been warned&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages are known for xeno-philiac eccentricity and bizarre, unstable behavior, but this is mostly due to the weird and exotic locals in which we often end up plying our trade. 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