Chinese officials seize toilet paper bearing face of Hong Kong leader

Confiscated toilet paper.

Authorities flushed out (pun absolutely intended) around 8,000 rolls of toilet paper in southern China, all featuring cartoonish, unflattering images of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, The Associated Press reports.

(Image credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.