Assuring Chinese Finish Their Live Lobster Sashimi

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Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Chinese Communist Party wants youto clean your plate, and it’s not afraid to barge into thedining room and take matters into official hands if you don’t.

Take for example an anecdote posted to Sina Weibo, China’sleading Twitter-like microblog, on Feb. 4 by Cao Lin, an editorand columnist at the state-owned China Youth Daily. Cao recountsa recent, large banquet ordered by several military officers inBeijing -- presumably on the state’s dime.