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Too Weird To Be True? In China, You Never Can Tell
Here are some of the recent news stories that went viral in China that you may have missed:
The man who tried to smuggle his pet turtle onto a plane inside a hamburger box.
The zoo that tried to pass off a Tibetan mastiff as a lion.
And the 1 million cockroaches that escaped from a cockroach "nursery."
Foreign news coverage of China is often deadly serious, focusing on topics such as politics, corruption, pollution and food safety. But China – like the United States — also produces a steady stream of funny, bizarre and outrageous news stories.
And these days, you don't have to read Chinese to enjoy them. A growing number of websites are making these offbeat tales increasingly available to English-speaking audiences.
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