[beijing] one dog night

They already have the “one child policy” and now there is the “one dog policy”. In the Year of the Dog, authorities have imposed a limit on domestic canines in an attempt to stem the rabies plague - in Beijing, some 69,000 people sought treatment for rabies last year, according to state media. In one county in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where three people had died of rabies, authorities killed 50,000 dogs. The usual method is beating to death, with owners present to learn the error of their ways. Dog meat is revered in China as a tonic in winter and a restorer of virility in men so rabies is clearly an issue. Er … don’t they have the Olympics in Beijing next year? Anyone going?