China denies canning human flesh for export

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China denies canning human flesh for export

China's ambassador to Zambia has officially denied that his country has been exporting human flesh for sale in Africa. The Daily Post, a Zambian tabloid, picked up a story from a Facebook post that purported to show human remains being butchered, marinated and canned, marked as "corned beef". The Daily Post suggested the reason for the gruesome exports was that China had "run out of space to bury its dead". The Zambian government has issued an apology to Beijing.

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