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China censors beetle named after President Xi
short by Aarushi Maheshwari / on Tuesday, 12 July, 2016
According to reports, China has censored online references to a new beetle species named after President Xi Jinping. The species 'Rhyzodiastes (Temoana) xii' was named by academician Cheng-Bin Wang, who said it was "rare" and ate "rotten wood for food." Similarly, President Xi is rare and has "controls on corruption (eating rot)", Wang said.
read more at The Guardian