Phewww!

From the front page of Saturday's CHINA DAILY newspaper:

"Restaurants told to take dog meat off menus"
Beinjing's 112 officially designated Olympic restaurants have been banned from selling dog meat during the Olympics, the city's food safety administration has said. Non-designated restaurants have also been encouraged not to serve the meat, a notice drawn up earlier by the administration said.

'Dog meat sales are being suspended as a mark of respect for foreigners and people from ethnic groups....' But some locals have said the ban is an overreation, aimed at pleasing Westerners. Wei Wei, 30, who lives in Beijing's Chaoyang District, said most Chinese people do not eat dog. 'Dog is only a tiny part of Chineses cuisine,' she said. The Olympic Games should be a platform to show cultural differences and tolerance, she said.